Situation report: Borgu LGA
Local government area, Niger.
| Level Extreme |
Coordinates 10°14′29″N 4°05′01″E 10.2414, 4.0835 |
Covers 1 LGA |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this local government area; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 95 |
| Deaths in those events | 471 |
| Attacks on civilians | 56 |
| Civilians killed | 245 |
| LGAs at extreme | 1 |
| LGAs at high | 0 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borgu | Extreme | 245 | falling |
How it developed
Archive record
1 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 4 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Borgu, Niger | Joint forest sweep destroys illegal bandit camps near Kainji National Park in Borgu |
Military installations within 150 km
| NAF Base Kainji | New Bussa | 62 km |
Advisories and named areas
No US Level 4 advisory state here.
Limits
- ACLED counts recorded events. Rural violence is under-reported everywhere, and more so where journalists cannot go.
- Levels summarise twelve months; a road can change within days. Current advisories and local security briefings outrank this report.
Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), www.acleddata.com — aggregates via HDX, as of 25 September 2026. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Map base: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; state boundaries OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Archive: Dustline snapshot of dustlinemap.online, 22 September 2026. Advisory: US Department of State.