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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Segou regionPopulation about 2,336,255 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 19 eventsP of organized violence in Segou region, Mali in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 121P. The low estimate is 121 and the high estimate is 229P. The count for August 2026 was 8 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 122 eventsP in Segou region, Mali. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 344P. The low estimate is 341 and the high estimate is 592P. UCDP counts 136P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 12 regions of Mali with a page, Segou region has the 2nd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Segou region holds 16 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 72 events in Segou region. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 122P, which is up 69 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Mali as a whole went from 495 to 780P, which is up 58 percent. For the events in Segou region, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Mali.

Table 1. Segou region, Mali: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events198122
Estimated deaths, best estimate1212344
Low estimate of deaths1212341
High estimate of deaths22940592
Deaths of civilians00136

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.

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  • UCDP recorded 19 events in Segou region, Mali, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 8 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Segou 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 Segou region, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 122 events with 344 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. Segou 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
Dozos (Mali)17P19P
Government of Mali101P317P
Government of Mali, Government of Russia (Soviet Union)3P7P
JNIM114P259P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Segou region in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Barouéli cercle5P12P
Bla cercle3P0P
Macina cercle13P10P
Nampala cercle9P108P
Niono cercle50P100P
San cercle4P10P
Sarro cercle1P1P
Ségou cercle15P94P
Sokolo cercle2P0P
Tominian cercle2P0P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Segou region: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict96P79%
Non-state conflict17P14%
One-sided violence against civilians9P7%

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 Segou region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202619P121PCandidate Events
August 20268P2PCandidate Events
July 202618P16PCandidate Events
June 202614P11PCandidate Events
May 202622P62PCandidate Events
April 20263P3PCandidate Events
March 202613P18PCandidate Events
February 20264P5PCandidate Events
January 20265P10PCandidate Events
October 20251696GED
September 2025841GED
August 2025763GED
July 2025741GED
June 2025368GED
May 2025532GED
April 202548GED
March 2025919GED
February 2025741GED
January 2025734GED
December 2024426GED
November 202426GED
October 2024917GED
September 2024727GED
August 2024517GED

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 Segou region, Mali in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 19 eventsP of organized violence in Segou region, Mali in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 8 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 Segou region, Mali in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 344P. The low estimate is 341 and the high estimate is 592P.

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.