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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Mopti regionPopulation about 2,037,330 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in Mopti region, Mali in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 20P. The low estimate is 20 and the high estimate is 29P. The count for August 2026 was 6 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 143 eventsP in Mopti region, Mali. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 327P. The low estimate is 306 and the high estimate is 547P. UCDP counts 95P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 12 regions of Mali with a page, Mopti region has the highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Mopti region holds 18 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 97 events in Mopti region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 143P, which is up 47 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 59 percentP of the events in Mopti region in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Mali, the share is 78 percentP.

Table 1. Mopti region, Mali: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events106143
Estimated deaths, best estimate203327
Low estimate of deaths203306
High estimate of deaths298547
Deaths of civilians0095

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

24 months

02550Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Mopti 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 Mopti region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 143 events with 327 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. Mopti 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
Dan na Ambassagou8P62P
Dozos (Mali)35P65P
Government of Mali88P159P
Government of Mali, Government of Russia (Soviet Union)4P4P
JNIM134P309P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Mopti region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Bandiagara cercle15P55P
Bankass cercle15P83P
Djenné cercle25P27P
Douentza cercle19P16P
Konna cercle1P0P
Mopti cercle33P80P
Sofara cercle2P11P
Tenenkou cercle9P3P
Toguéré-Coumbé cercle1P7P
Youwarou cercle2P0P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Mopti region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict85P59%
Non-state conflict41P29%
One-sided violence against civilians17P12%

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 Mopti region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202610P20PCandidate Events
August 20266P3PCandidate Events
July 202640P36PCandidate Events
June 202613P15PCandidate Events
May 202625P148PCandidate Events
April 202612P36PCandidate Events
March 20263P0PCandidate Events
February 202611P26PCandidate Events
January 20268P10PCandidate Events
December 2025410GED
November 2025920GED
October 202523GED
September 2025417GED
August 2025864GED
June 202512130GED
May 2025684GED
April 202510GED
March 20251189GED
February 202534GED
January 20251247GED
December 20241849GED
November 20241690GED
October 2024632GED
September 20241231GED
August 2024654GED

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 Mopti region, Mali in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in Mopti region, Mali in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 6 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 Mopti region, Mali in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 327P. The low estimate is 306 and the high estimate is 547P.

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.