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Sikasso region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

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

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UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Sikasso region, Mali in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 12P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 25P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 2 eventsP.

UCDP recorded no events in May 2025. Among the 20 months with a report for Sikasso region, Mali, May 2026 has the 8th highest count of events. Sikasso region, Mali holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Mali in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 0 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Mali, May 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 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Mali has each event.

Table 1. Sikasso region, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
8 May 2026Koutiala cercle, Sikasso regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based121212
17 May 2026Bougouni cercle, Sikasso regionDozos (Mali); JNIMNon-state0012
19 May 2026Koutiala cercle, Sikasso regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001

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 2. Sikasso region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Dozos (Mali)1P0P
Government of Mali2P12P
JNIM3P12P

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 3. Monthly reports of Sikasso region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20263P4PCandidate Events
August 20263P0PCandidate Events
July 20265P11PCandidate Events
June 20262P3PCandidate Events
May 20263P12PCandidate Events
April 20262P0PCandidate Events
March 20265P1PCandidate Events
February 20265P19PCandidate Events
January 20266P0PCandidate Events
December 2025139GED
November 20251554GED
October 20251554GED
September 202524GED
August 202515GED
July 2025111GED
June 2025232GED
April 202533GED
March 202528GED
February 202510GED
December 202411GED

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.

Sikasso region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Sikasso region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mali/sikasso-region/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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