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West Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: West Darfur state

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 26.

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in West Darfur state, Sudan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 10P. The count for August 2026 was 3 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 26 eventsP in West Darfur state, Sudan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 217P. The low estimate is 216 and the high estimate is 227P. UCDP counts 126P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 11 regions of Sudan with a page, West Darfur state has the 7th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. West Darfur state holds 4 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 8 events in West Darfur state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 26P, which is up 225 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Sudan as a whole went from 723 to 669P, which is down 7 percent. Events of state-based armed conflict are 88 percentP of the events in West Darfur state in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Sudan, the share is 74 percentP.

Table 1. West Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events4326
Estimated deaths, best estimate1018217
Low estimate of deaths1017216
High estimate of deaths1020227
Deaths of civilians1013126

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for West Darfur state, Sudan on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in West Darfur state by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in West Darfur state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 26 events with 217 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. West Darfur state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Sudan23P149P
Nuwaiba1P17P
Salamat Baggara1P17P
SFA25P200P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in West Darfur state that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of West Darfur state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Beida district1P17P
El Geneina district18P121P
Foro Baranga district1P13P
Kereinik district1P5P
Kulbus district3P7P
Sirba district254

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. West Darfur state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict23P88%
Non-state conflict1P4%
One-sided violence against civilians2P8%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of West Darfur state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20264P10PCandidate Events
August 20263P18PCandidate Events
July 20261P17PCandidate Events
June 20261P3PCandidate Events
May 20262P4PCandidate Events
April 20264P27PCandidate Events
March 20263P28PCandidate Events
February 20261P24PCandidate Events
December 2025579GED
October 202527GED
June 202513GED
March 202515GED
January 202523GED
October 2024459GED
September 202422GED
August 202411GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. West Darfur state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/west-darfur-state/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in West Darfur state, Sudan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in West Darfur state, Sudan in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 3 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For West Darfur state, Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 217P. The low estimate is 216 and the high estimate is 227P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.