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Mali: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 56 eventsP of organized violence in Mali in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 107P. The low estimate is 104 and the high estimate is 162P. UCDP counts 24P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 40 events.

The count for January 2025 was 52 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is up 8 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Mali, January 2026 has the 8th highest count of events. Mali holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 2 percent.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Mali, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Bamako region11
Gao region22
Kayes region523
Kidal region42
Koulikoro region112
Ménaka region749
Mopti region810
Segou region510
Sikasso region60
Tombouctou region78

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

Figure 1. Events in Mali, January 2026. The map shows 56 events with 107 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.

Events

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

Table 2. Mali, January 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (4 of 56 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
12 Jan 2026Bandiagara cercle, Mopti regionDozos (Mali); JNIMNon-state101010
29 Jan 2026Kayes cercle, Kayes regionJNIM; CiviliansOne-sided151518
30 Jan 2026Macina cercle, Segou regionDozos (Mali); JNIMNon-state101010
31 Jan 2026Ménaka cercle, Ménaka regionGovernment of Mali; ISState-based353535

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 3. Mali: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Dozos (Mali)4P20P
FLA1P0P
Government of Mali43P64P
Government of Mali, Government of Russia (Soviet Union)6P6P
IS9P51P
JNIM41P51P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Mali: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict43P77%
Non-state conflict5P9%
One-sided violence against civilians8P14%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Mali, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202676P194PCandidate Events
August 202659P96PCandidate Events
July 2026129P281PCandidate Events
June 202665P81PCandidate Events
May 202693P488PCandidate Events
April 202667P159PCandidate Events
March 202647P95PCandidate Events
February 202635P111PCandidate Events
January 202656P107PCandidate Events
December 20254047GED
November 202549173GED
October 202564220GED
September 202545116GED
August 202529168GED
July 202533179GED
June 202552434GED
May 202536150GED
April 202521110GED
March 202541190GED
February 202544208GED
January 202552162GED
December 202454129GED
November 202436125GED
October 202452182GED
September 202427164GED
August 202428128GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Mali: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mali/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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