FAMa, Africa Corps, and Dozo Militia Conduct Search Operation in Sikere, Ségou Region

On May 14, 2026, Malian soldiers accompanied by Wagner Africa Corps fighters and Dozo traditional hunters' militia conducted a search and cordon operation in Sikere village in Mali's Ségou Region. The operation is consistent with FAMa's post-April 25 counter-insurgency strategy of deploying combined FAMa-Africa Corps-Dozo units to sweep villages in the Ségou corridor suspected of providing support or shelter to JNIM fighters. The Ségou Region has seen increasing JNIM (Katiba Macina) activity as JNIM uses the region as a transit and logistics zone between its Mopti heartland and southwestern Mali. No operational results (arrests, neutralizations) were publicly reported as of May 15, 2026. The use of Dozo militia alongside Africa Corps personnel reflects the AES junta's 'all available partners' approach to counter-insurgency — however, the same combination of FAMa/Dozo units has been documented in the Diafarabé civilian killings (May 12–15, 2026), raising accountability concerns about combined operations in the Ségou-Mopti corridor.