source: EMA (Mali); AFP; RFI
actor1: Military Forces of France (2017-)
actor2: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
location: Serma
notes: On April 7, French and Malian forces conducted a joint operation in the forest of Serma, the operation was initiated with airstrikes followed by ground operation. A total of 30 militants were killed and captured (coded as 15 fatalities).