REFLEXIVE PEACE PRACTICES (RPP) PROJECT

In Mali's week of 5–9 October 2026, the army and Russia's Africa Corps re-entered Kidal on 6 October after the FLA announced a controlled withdrawal under air strikes, the most visible government gain since April, though analysts called it symbolic and the FLA called it temporary. JNIM's Bamako blockade continues and no new JNIM attack could be confirmed for the week.