Air Delivered

Air Delivered event in Mali on Mon 7th September 2026

7th September 2026

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On 7 September 2026, the Malian army claimed to have conducted airstrikes on a base of an armed group holding military equipment, vehicles and motorcycles (likely JNIM, based on the presence of the group in the area and previous similar operations in the region, including in Kekoro), in the forest of Kekoro (Yiridougou, Bougouni, Sikasso). The Malian army claimed to have 'successfully neutralized' the position (likely meaning that they killed militants and destroyed equipment). Unspecified fatalities coded as 3.

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