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Bandiagara region, Mali: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Bandiagara region

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 10.

UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Bandiagara region, Mali in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 2P. The low estimate is 2 and the high estimate is 6P. The count for August 2026 was 4 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 10 eventsP in Bandiagara region, Mali. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 18P. The low estimate is 18 and the high estimate is 35P. UCDP counts 13P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 12 regions of Mali with a page, Bandiagara region has the 10th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Bandiagara region holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Mali in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded no events in Bandiagara region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 10P, which is up from no events. Over the same periods, the count for Mali as a whole went from 495 to 780P, which is up 58 percent.

Table 1. Bandiagara region, Mali: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events5410
Estimated deaths, best estimate2718
Low estimate of deaths2718
High estimate of deaths62035
Deaths of civilians2213

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Bandiagara region, Mali on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Bandiagara region by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Bandiagara region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 10 events with 18 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Bandiagara region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Dan na Ambassagou1P4P
Dozos (Mali)1P1P
Government of Mali6P2P
Government of Mali, Government of Russia (Soviet Union)1P2P
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)1P9P
JNIM8P7P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Bandiagara region that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Bandiagara region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Bandiagara cercle3P4P
Kendié cercle2P10P
Koro cercle2P0P
Ningari cercle2P4P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Bandiagara region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict6P60%
Non-state conflict2P20%
One-sided violence against civilians2P20%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Bandiagara region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20265P2PCandidate Events
August 20264P7PCandidate Events
July 20261P9PCandidate Events

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Bandiagara region, Mali: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/mali/bandiagara-region/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Bandiagara region, Mali in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Bandiagara region, Mali in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 4 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Bandiagara region, Mali in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 18P. The low estimate is 18 and the high estimate is 35P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.