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UAV event in Mali on Sun 6th September 2026

6th September 2026

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On 6 September 2026, the Malian army claimed to have conducted airstrikes on a group of armed militants with looted cattle (likely JNIM, based on the presence of the militant group in the Fakala area and previous similar operations against the group in the region), hidden under vegetation east of Sofara (Fakala, Djenne, Mopti). The army also claimed that the militants tried to use drones to drop explosives but were 'neutralized' (likely meaning that they killed the militants and destroyed their equipment). Unspecified fatalities coded as 3.

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