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Kidal 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 Kidal region, Mali in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 2P. The low estimate is 2 and the high estimate is 5P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 7 eventsP.

UCDP recorded no events in May 2025. Among the 25 months with a report for Kidal region, Mali, May 2026 has the 14th highest count of events. Kidal region, Mali holds 5 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Mali in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 0 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. Kidal region, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
11 May 2026Tessalit cercle, Kidal regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based111
16 May 2026Tessalit cercle, Kidal regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001
17 May 2026Tessalit cercle, Kidal regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based111
26 May 2026Tessalit cercle, Kidal regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001
27 May 2026Kidal cercle, Kidal regionGovernment of Mali; FLAState-based001

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Kidal region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
FLA1P0P
Government of Mali5P2P
JNIM4P2P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Kidal region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20269P3PCandidate Events
August 202612P7PCandidate Events
July 202625P46PCandidate Events
June 20264P1PCandidate Events
May 20265P2PCandidate Events
April 20267P14PCandidate Events
March 20269P4PCandidate Events
February 20264P8PCandidate Events
January 20264P2PCandidate Events
December 202510GED
November 202538GED
October 2025613GED
September 2025610GED
August 202527GED
July 2025718GED
June 20251669GED
April 2025410GED
March 2025511GED
February 20251259GED
January 202576GED
December 2024511GED
November 202422GED
October 20241425GED
September 202425GED
August 2024737GED

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.

Kidal region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kidal region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mali/kidal-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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