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Gao region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Gao region, Mali in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 12P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 13P. UCDP counts 7P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 7 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 3 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is up 67 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Gao region, Mali, May 2026 has the 6th highest count of events. Gao region, Mali holds 5 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Mali in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 8 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Mali, May 2026.

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.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Mali has each event.

Table 1. Gao region, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 May 2026Ansongo cercle, Gao regionActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided333
10 May 2026Gao cercle, Gao regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based222
14 May 2026Ansongo cercle, Gao regionGovernment of Mali; ISState-based666
15 May 2026Gao regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001
18 May 2026Gao cercle, Gao regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based111

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

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Gao region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P3P
Government of Mali4P9P
IS1P6P
JNIM3P3P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Gao region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20263P2PCandidate Events
August 20266P2PCandidate Events
July 202612P129PCandidate Events
June 20264P3PCandidate Events
May 20265P12PCandidate Events
April 20267P19PCandidate Events
March 20261P0PCandidate Events
February 20261P4PCandidate Events
January 20262P2PCandidate Events
December 202534GED
November 202515GED
October 202533GED
September 202522GED
August 2025418GED
July 202521GED
June 2025385GED
May 202536GED
April 202510GED
March 202539GED
February 2025878GED
January 2025610GED
December 202449GED
November 202435GED
October 202410GED
September 202418GED
August 202428GED

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.

Gao region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Gao region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mali/gao-region/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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