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

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

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Ménaka region, Mali in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 22P. The low estimate is 22 and the high estimate is 23P. The count for August 2026 was 2 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 34 eventsP in Ménaka region, Mali. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 113P. The low estimate is 111 and the high estimate is 167P. UCDP counts 35P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 12 regions of Mali with a page, Ménaka region has the 9th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Ménaka region holds 4 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 26 events in Ménaka region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 34P, which is up 31 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Mali as a whole went from 495 to 780P, which is up 58 percent. Events of state-based armed conflict are 88 percentP of the events in Ménaka region in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Mali, the share is 78 percentP.

Table 1. Ménaka region, Mali: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events3234
Estimated deaths, best estimate220113
Low estimate of deaths220111
High estimate of deaths232167
Deaths of civilians20035

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 Ménaka region, Mali on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

0510Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Ménaka 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 Ménaka region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 34 events with 113 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. Ménaka 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
GATIA, MSA1P2P
Government of Mali30P109P
Government of Mali, Government of Russia (Soviet Union)11
IS32P112P
JNIM1P0P
MSA1P0P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Ménaka region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Andéramboukane cercle3P1P
Ménaka cercle25P84P
Tidermene cercle3P10P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Ménaka region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict30P88%
Non-state conflict2P6%
One-sided violence against civilians2P6%

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 Ménaka region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20263P22PCandidate Events
August 20262P0PCandidate Events
June 20262P9PCandidate Events
May 20262P15PCandidate Events
April 20264P0PCandidate Events
March 20264P8PCandidate Events
February 20261P1PCandidate Events
January 20267P49PCandidate Events
December 202534GED
November 202512GED
October 202553GED
September 202521GED
August 202511GED
July 202536GED
June 202528GED
May 202555GED
March 202522GED
January 202522GED
December 202420GED
November 202422GED
October 2024543GED

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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Questions

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

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Ménaka region, Mali in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 2 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 Ménaka region, Mali in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 113P. The low estimate is 111 and the high estimate is 167P.

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.