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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: West Kordofan statePopulation about 1,800,000 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 6 eventsP of organized violence in West Kordofan state, Sudan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 76P. The count for August 2026 was 4 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 95 eventsP in West Kordofan state, Sudan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 1,257P. The low estimate is 1,213 and the high estimate is 1,350P. UCDP counts 497P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 11 regions of Sudan with a page, West Kordofan state has the 4th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. West Kordofan state holds 14 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 61 events in West Kordofan state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 95P, which is up 56 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Sudan as a whole went from 723 to 669P, which is down 7 percent. For the events in West Kordofan state, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Sudan.

Table 1. West Kordofan state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events6495
Estimated deaths, best estimate7661,257
Low estimate of deaths7661,213
High estimate of deaths7661,350
Deaths of civilians336497

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 Kordofan state, Sudan on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02550Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in West Kordofan 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 Kordofan state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 95 events with 1,257 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 Kordofan 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
Actor not identified by UCDP1P8P
Government of Sudan69P1,145P
Misseriya3P42P
Ngok Dinka3P42P
Nuer2P36P
Salamat Baggara2P36P
SFA89P1,171P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

Second-level areas

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of West Kordofan state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Abyei - Muglad district26P530P
Abyei district4P44P
Al Sunut district6P125P
El Nahud district38P300P
El Salam district11P85P
Ghubaysh district3P32P
Lagawa district2P59P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. West Kordofan state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict69P73%
Non-state conflict6P6%
One-sided violence against civilians20P21%

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 Kordofan state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20266P76PCandidate Events
August 20264P6PCandidate Events
July 20261P1PCandidate Events
June 20264P13PCandidate Events
May 20267P64PCandidate Events
April 20265P7PCandidate Events
March 202615P300PCandidate Events
February 20266P56PCandidate Events
January 20265P163PCandidate Events
December 20255155GED
November 202526373GED
October 20251143GED
September 202513GED
August 2025864GED
July 202512156GED
June 202513143GED
May 2025151,141GED
April 20254150GED
March 202517GED
February 202511GED
December 202415GED
November 202412GED
October 2024424GED
September 2024311GED
August 202438GED

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 Kordofan state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/west-kordofan-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 Kordofan state, Sudan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 6 eventsP of organized violence in West Kordofan state, Sudan in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 4 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 Kordofan state, Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 1,257P. The low estimate is 1,213 and the high estimate is 1,350P.

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.