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Former commune and locality in Mali
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Kadial (sometimes spelled Kadiel) is a former commune and locality in the rural commune of Togoro Kotia, in the Ténenkou Cercle and the Mopti Region of Mali.

Geography

Kadial is located thirty kilometers northwest of Mopti in a floodplain of the Inner Niger Delta. The territory is occupied by wet meadows with ponds with floating islands of bourgou and wet forests.

Facilities

The former commune, including Kadial and four villages (Kada Kadial I to IV), remains a local center with a school and a community health center (CESCOM).

Mali War

During the Mali War, Kadial experienced some terrorist activities. On the road from Mopti to Kadial, armed terrorists acted as road controllers. Since before 2017, jihadist brigades have been operating in the Kadial forest. On 29 April 2017, a vehicle of the Malian Armed Forces hit an improvised explosive device, followed by gunfire, near Kadial. On 17 May 2017, two teachers were kidnapped by the Katiba Macina, but were later released. That same year, a human resources staff member and two medical staff members were kidnapped by terrorists in Kadial. On 8 May 2018, Makan Doumbia, prefect of Ténenkou, was kidnapped in the Kadial forest but was released on 17 February 2019. On 9 June 2018, a team of the Malian Armed Forces tasked with retrieving nine civilian vehicles from the World Food Programme, which had been taken by terrorists on 6 June, encountered an ambush involving an improvised explosive device, followed by gunfire in Kadial. Two soldiers were killed and a vehicle loaded with weapons was taken by the terrorists.

References

  1. Humanitarian response.info, May 2016
  2. Abdoulaye Guindo, Enquête: les populations de Teninkou dans la terreur, 10 April 2018
  3. Talking to Jihadists in Central Mali: Is Dialogue Possible?, Crisis Group Africa Report N°276, 28 May 2019
  4. Rida Lyammouri Mali – Sahel: April 2017 Violent Incidents Related to AQIM, Ansar al-Din, JNIM, and Other Security Incidents, Sahel Memo, 3 May 2017
  5. Violence on the Frontline: Attacks on Health Care in 2017, SAFEGUARDING HEALTH IN CONFLICT, May 2018
  6. IBK receives former hostages in Mali, BBC 19 February 2019
  7. Mali UNHCR operational update June 2018

14°39′N 4°26′W / 14.650°N 4.433°W / 14.650; -4.433

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