PRISM Alerts · Chad · Alert 60
Chad Armed conflict worsening 16 October 2026

Chad: 39 political violence events in 2026-09, above the 90th percentile of the previous 24 months (31) (ACLED)

Political violence events per month (count)

According to ACLED's open-tier monthly aggregates published via HDX (data as of 9 October 2026), Chad recorded 39 political violence events in September 2026, with 50 reported fatalities, 33 civilian targeting events and 8 civilian fatalities. The rule compared this count against the 90th percentile of the country's previous 24 months, which stood at 31.4 events. Lac accounted for 21 of the 39 events, followed by Wadi Fira with 5 and Mayo Kebbi Ouest, Moyen-Chari and Ndjamena with 2 each.

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How this fired

RuleACLED political violence events against the previous two years
Period2026-09
Metricpv_events
Value in the month39
90th percentile of that history31.4
Months of history compared24
Political violence events39
Reported fatalities50
Civilian targeting events33
Civilians reported killed8
Judged againstthe 90th percentile of the country's own record over the previous 24 months, 31.4; at least 20 events or 10 civilians killed. Fired on: history_percentile.
Detected16 October 2026, run 37

Evidence

ACLED, Open-tier monthly aggregates via HDX, as of 2026-10-09 Country page All alerts for Chad JSON
key acled_pv_events:TCD:2026-09