source: Essor; Menastream
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Military Forces of Mali (2021-)
location: Toubakoro
notes: On 29 December 2021, JNIM militants and a Malian army patrol clashed between Toubakoro and Sebete (Banamba, Koulikoro). Four militants were captured and a vehicle destroyed. Casualties unknown. JNIM claimed responsibility for two successive ambushes in Banamba Cercle in two unofficial videos and an official statement, saying it had killed 9 soldiers and lost 3 fighters in one of the ambushes (between Dandougou and Madina Konare, coded separately), and showing vehicles and a large quantity of weapons and ammunition seized.