🇹🇩 Is there a war in Chad?Yes. UCDP lists 5 active armed conflicts with fighting recorded in Chad.
1 of them at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Sudan: Government (mainly in Sudan), 12,269 deaths in 2025.
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Deaths recorded in Chad in 2025 19 in state-based fighting
133 in fighting between armed groups
22 in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)
UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Chad (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.
The conflicts
Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change.
UCDP does not record who started each clash.
War level State-based conflict · UCDP start year 1971
Sudan: Government 12,269 deaths in 2025 UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
3,280 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
78,146 total 1989–2025 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (36 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Sudan vs RSF, SFA, SPLM/A-North
1989: 4,253 1990: 4,335 1991: 1,317 1992: 1,083 1993: 942 1994: 337 1995: 1,000 1996: 2,289 1997: 3,709 1998: 4,891 1999: 1,408 2000: 2,841 2001: 3,408 2002: 2,021 2003: 1,999 2004: 3,278 2005: 161 2006: 1,002 2007: 217 2008: 598 2009: 353 2010: 1,010 2011: 1,259 2012: 1,173 2013: 594 2014: 856 2015: 1,264 2016: 1,309 2017: 160 2018: 243 2019: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2020: 45 2021: 31 2022: 47 2023: 11,760 2024: 4,684 2025: 12,269 2026: 3,280 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 1989 highest: 12,269 2026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: September 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Chad). Also recorded in: Sudan , Ethiopia .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 3,280 2025 12,269 2024 4,684 2023 11,760 2022 47 2021 31 2020 45 2018 243 2017 160 2016 1,309 2015 1,264 2014 856 2013 594 2012 1,173 2011 1,259 2010 1,010 2009 353 2008 598 2007 217 2006 1,002 2005 161 2004 3,278 2003 1,999 2002 2,021 2001 3,408 2000 2,841 1999 1,408 1998 4,891 1997 3,709 1996 2,289 1995 1,000 1994 337 1993 942 1992 1,083 1991 1,317 1990 4,335 1989 4,253
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Armed conflict State-based conflict · UCDP start year 1966
Nigeria: Government 195 deaths in 2025 UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
281 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
14,600 total 2009–2025 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (16 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Nigeria vs JAS
1989: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1990: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1991: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1992: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1993: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1994: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1995: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1996: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1997: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1998: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2000: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2001: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2002: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2003: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2004: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2005: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2006: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2007: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2008: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2009: 405 2010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2011: 325 2012: 811 2013: 1,629 2014: 4,788 2015: 2,703 2016: 164 2017: 1,062 2018: 335 2019: 328 2020: 465 2021: 276 2022: 428 2023: 464 2024: 222 2025: 195 2026: 281 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 1989 highest: 4,788 2026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: September 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Chad). Also recorded in: Nigeria , Niger .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 281 2025 195 2024 222 2023 464 2022 428 2021 276 2020 465 2019 328 2018 335 2017 1,062 2016 164 2015 2,703 2014 4,788 2013 1,629 2012 811 2011 325 2009 405
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Armed conflict Non-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 2025
Fulani - Ngambay 69 deaths in 2025 UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset 26.1
Who is fighting: Fulani vs Ngambay
2025: 69 2025 highest: 69 2025
Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: June 2025
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) 2025 69
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Armed conflict Non-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 2025
Bulala - Kreda 33 deaths in 2025 UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset 26.1
Who is fighting: Bulala vs Kreda
2025: 33 2025 highest: 33 2025
Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: November 2025
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) 2025 33
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Armed conflict Non-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 2006
Tama - Zaghawa – 2025: not in the dataset below 25 deaths or no data
45 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
200 total 2006–2007 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (2 years listed)
Who is fighting: Tama vs Zaghawa
2006: 74 2007: 126 2008: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2009: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2011: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2012: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2014: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2018: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2019: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2020: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2021: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2022: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2023: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2024: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2025: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2026: 45 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 2006 highest: 126 2026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: April 2026
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 45 2007 126 2006 74
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