Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Tombouctou region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 9 eventsP of organized violence in Tombouctou region, Mali in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 14P. The low estimate is 14 and the high estimate is 43P. UCDP counts 11P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 8 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Mali, August 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 26.0.8, 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. Tombouctou region, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 Aug 2026Goundam cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based222
8 Aug 2026Gourma-Rharous cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based777
8 Aug 2026Gourma-Rharous cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001
9 Aug 2026Goundam cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001
10 Aug 2026Goundam cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); CiviliansOne-sided111
11 Aug 2026Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based111
14 Aug 2026Niafunke cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001
14 Aug 2026Niafunke cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based001
26 Aug 2026Tombouctou cercle, Tombouctou regionGovernment of Mali; JNIMState-based3328

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. Tombouctou region: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Mali8P13P
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)1P1P
JNIM8P13P

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 Tombouctou region, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20269P14PCandidate Events
July 20268P14PCandidate Events
June 202611P23PCandidate Events
May 202614P20PCandidate Events
April 202612P8PCandidate Events
March 20263P4PCandidate Events
February 20264P3PCandidate Events
January 20267P8PCandidate Events
December 2025811GED
November 20251779GED
October 2025637GED
September 202520GED
August 202527GED
July 2025529GED
June 2025634GED
May 202543GED
April 202541GED
March 2025637GED
February 20251123GED
January 20251629GED
December 20241725GED
November 2024611GED
October 20241455GED
September 202436GED
August 202431GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Tombouctou region: all figures

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ConflictStats. Tombouctou region, Mali: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mali/tombouctou-region/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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