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.
Armed conflict Non-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 1991
Dassanetch - Turkana 45 deaths in 2025 UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset 26.1
360 total 1997–2025 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (6 years listed)
Who is fighting: Dassanetch vs Turkana
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: 28 1998: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2000: 142 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: 36 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: 54 2010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2011: 55 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: 45 1991 highest: 142 2025
Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: November 2025
Conflict-wide figures (not only Kenya). Also recorded in: Ethiopia .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) 2025 45 2011 55 2009 54 2005 36 2000 142 1997 28
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Armed conflict State-based conflict · UCDP start year 2015
Kenya: Northeastern Province and Coast 44 deaths in 2025 UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
19 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
842 total 2015–2025 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (11 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Kenya vs Al-Shabaab
2015: 42 2016: 49 2017: 85 2018: 69 2019: 61 2020: 94 2021: 78 2022: 72 2023: 196 2024: 52 2025: 44 2026: 19 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 2015 highest: 196 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: July 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Kenya). Also recorded in: Somalia .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 19 2025 44 2024 52 2023 196 2022 72 2021 78 2020 94 2019 61 2018 69 2017 85 2016 49 2015 42
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