source: AFP; Studio Tamani
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Police Forces of Mali (2013-2020) Gendarmerie
location: Sokolo
notes: On 29 January 2020, presumed JNIM militant retook control of the town of Sokolo after Malian forces withdrew, the militants reportedly raised a black banner over the gendarmerie camp, which the militants had overrun three days earlier.