source: Whatsapp; Essor; Guidumakha; Maliweb; AMAP; Youtube; Undisclosed Source
actor1: Soninke Ethnic Militia (Mali)
actor2: Civilians (Mali)
location: Diandioume
notes: On 1 September 2020, members of the Soninke community equipped with batons and knives attacked two families for refusing their status as slaves amid a land dispute in the village of Diandioume (Nioro, Kayes). Four male members of the slave descendant families were killed, others wounded including an elderly woman in critical condition, and houses vandalized.