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White Nile state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: White Nile statePopulation about 2,493,900 (Wikidata)

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 12.

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in White Nile state, Sudan in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 12 eventsP in White Nile state, Sudan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 69P. The low estimate is 62 and the high estimate is 69P. UCDP counts 48P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 11 regions of Sudan with a page, White Nile state has the 10th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. White Nile state holds 2 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 13 events in White Nile state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 12P, which is down 8 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Sudan as a whole went from 723 to 669P, which is down 7 percent.

Table 1. White Nile state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events0012
Estimated deaths, best estimate0069
Low estimate of deaths0062
High estimate of deaths0069
Deaths of civilians0048

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

24 months

0510Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in White Nile 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 White Nile state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 12 events with 69 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. White Nile 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 Sudan11P63P
SFA12P69P

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 White Nile state that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of White Nile state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
El Douiem district16
El Jabalian district2P13P
Kosti district5P37P
Rabak district3P12P
Tendalti district1P1P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. White Nile state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict11P92%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians18%

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 White Nile state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
June 20263P4PCandidate Events
May 20262P10PCandidate Events
April 20264P31PCandidate Events
March 20261P17PCandidate Events
November 202527GED
April 20252101GED
February 20257238GED
December 2024120GED
November 202414GED
October 2024218GED

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. White Nile state, Sudan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/sudan/white-nile-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 White Nile state, Sudan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in White Nile state, Sudan in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

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 White Nile state, Sudan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 69P. The low estimate is 62 and the high estimate is 69P.

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.