🇸🇩 Is there a war in Sudan?Yes. UCDP lists 7 active armed conflicts with fighting recorded in Sudan.
1 of them at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Sudan: Government , 12,269 deaths in 2025.
Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →
Deaths recorded in Sudan in 2025 12,269 in state-based fighting
130 in fighting between armed groups
62,775 in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)
UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Sudan (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 Sudan). Also recorded in: Ethiopia , Chad .
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 Non-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 2025
SLFA, SLM/A - RSF 120 deaths in 2025 UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset 26.1
Who is fighting: SLFA, SLM/A vs RSF
2025: 120 2025 highest: 120 2025
Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: January 2025
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) 2025 120
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Armed conflict State-based conflict · UCDP start year 1960
Ethiopia: Government – 2025: not in the dataset below 25 deaths or no data
574 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
349,513 total 1989–2022 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (6 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Ethiopia vs TPLF, EPFAS
1989: 18,403 1990: 18,985 1991: 4,518 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: 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: 20,888 2021: 124,266 2022: 162,453 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: 574 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 1989 highest: 162,453 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 Sudan). Also recorded in: Ethiopia .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 574 2022 162,453 2021 124,266 2020 20,888 1991 4,518 1990 18,985 1989 18,403
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Armed conflict Non-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 2015
Beni Halba Baggara - Salamat Baggara – 2025: not in the dataset below 25 deaths or no data
103 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
Who is fighting: Beni Halba Baggara vs Salamat Baggara
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: 252 2024: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2025: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2026: 103 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 2015 highest: 252 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
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 103 2023 252
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Armed conflict Non-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 2011
Misseriya - Ngok Dinka – 2025: not in the dataset below 25 deaths or no data
42 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
523 total 2011–2022 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (6 years listed)
Who is fighting: Misseriya vs Ngok Dinka
2011: 212 2012: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2014: 55 2015: 47 2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2018: 57 2019: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2020: 51 2021: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2022: 101 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: 42 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 2011 highest: 212 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
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 42 2022 101 2020 51 2018 57 2015 47 2014 55 2011 212
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