Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Kidal region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 12 eventsP of organized violence in Kidal region, Mali in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 7P. The low estimate is 7 and the high estimate is 16P. UCDP counts 4P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 25 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Mali, August 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 26.0.8, 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.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Mali has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 1. Kidal region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
FLA9P7P
Government of Mali12P7P
JNIM3P0P

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 2. Monthly reports of Kidal region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
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. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Kidal region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kidal region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mali/kidal-region/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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