EARTH · VERIFIED CONFLICT RECORD
Conflict in South Sudan
This is a verified record, not a live feed. UCDP hand-codes every event from published sources, which takes weeks — the newest event here is from 2026-05-31. For what is happening right now, LEV’s Global Incidents layer carries the machine-coded newswire at about fifteen minutes’ delay.
Between 1 Jan 2024 and 26 May 2026, researchers at Uppsala University hand-coded 92 events of organised violence in South Sudan from published sources. Their best estimate is 1,707 people killed — and their own range runs 1,581–1,960, which is the honest width of what anyone actually knows.
What the record holds
UCDP range 1,581–1,960.
78 placed precisely enough to map; 14 counted but not pinned, because UCDP could place them no closer than a province.
Who was doing the killing
The conflicts behind the events
421–673 · 43 ev
UCDP low and high agree · 2 ev
UCDP low and high agree · 3 ev
UCDP low and high agree · 1 ev
UCDP low and high agree · 2 ev
41–80 · 10 ev
Where UCDP had not yet established an actor’s identity it records a placeholder rather than a name; those appear here as “unidentified actor”.
The deadliest single event on record
UCDP's low and high agree on this figure. UCDP's low and high estimates are both 335 — the sources agree.
Luac Jang Dinka - Pakam Dinka · non-state violence — two armed groups fight each other and neither is a government — militias, cartels, communal violence.
South Sudan, elsewhere on LiveEarthViewer
Source
Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Uppsala University — UCDP GED v26.1 + UCDP Candidate v26_0_1..v26_0_5, released under CC BY 4.0. Coverage ends 31 May 2026. UCDP records South Sudan under the name “South Sudan”. Every figure on this page is UCDP’s, aggregated and labelled — none is modelled or estimated by LEV.