UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset v26.1

Uppsala Conflict Data ProgramUpdated 8 September 2026vobservatory/2026-09-08
Public ID ADG-DAT-2026-002
Version observatory/2026-09-08
Licence CC-BY-4.0
1989-01-01 — 2025-12-31Period
Regional — West AfricaCoverage
QuantitativeCategory
OpenAccess
UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset v26.1 — 33,439 events, 354,572 recorded deaths — one dot per event, sized by fatalities
Drawn from this dataset’s own records.
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UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset v26.1. Collected from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (academic) on a annual cadence. 33,439 records spanning 1989-01-01 to 2025-12-31, covering NGA, MLI, BFA, SLE, NER, LBR, CIV, SEN, TGO, GIN, BEN, GHA, MRT, GNB, GMB. Evidence is content-addressed: every record carries a SHA-256 hash of the exact bytes retrieved, the source URL, the date the source published it and the date it was fetched.

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Geolocated conflict events, most recent first

datecountryregionside Aside Bdeaths (best)
2025-12-31NigerTahoua regionGovernment of NigerIS2
2025-12-31NigeriaPlateau stateBiromFulani9
2025-12-31NigeriaBorno stateGovernment of NigeriaIS0
2025-12-31NigerTillabéri regionGovernment of NigerIS1
2025-12-31Burkina FasoSourou regionGovernment of Burkina FasoJNIM6
2025-12-31Burkina FasoGuiriko regionGovernment of Burkina FasoCivilians2

Showing 6 of 33,439 records.

Variables and indicators

records: 33,439
temporal span: 1989-01-01 to 2025-12-31
countries covered: 15
data kind: quantitative, geo
evidence class: primary
licence: CC-BY-4.0
republishable: yes
top countries: NGA (15,673), MLI (5,652), BFA (4,299), SLE (2,994), NER (1,490)
record types: conflict_event (33,439)

Method

Content-addressed collection (SHA-256). Evidence class: primary source. Cadence: annual.

How to cite

ADG Library Editorial (31 December 2025). UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset v26.1. Axel Dev Group — ADG Library, Dataset ADG-DAT-2026-002. https://library.axeldevlab.com/node/155

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