Tuareg rebellion (2012): 2012 coup Internal conflict in Azawad: Foreign intervention: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 On January 10, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) attacked Malian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries in the villages of Diafarabé and Koumara in central Mali.

In early 2023, the al-Qaeda-aligned jihadist military coalition JNIM ramped up its campaign against Malian forces and their allied Wagner Group mercenaries in central Mali.

[2] In both attacks, JNIM fighters detonated homemade bombs and then ambushed the Malian and allied soldiers.

On January 11, Malian officials stated that fourteen soldiers were killed and eleven were wounded, and that thirty-one jihadists were "neutralized.

In JNIM's statement, they claimed there was an unknown number of casualties from the attack in Diafarabe and that five Wagner mercenaries and seven Malian soldiers were killed in Koumara, along with dozens of others injured.