2017 Dogofry ambush

The ambush began around 1pm against a Malian convoy travelling between Nampala and Dogofry, Mali.^[3] Malian soldiers from the Balazan combined arms group, based in Nara, hit a mine placed by the jihadists on the road, at which point the jihadists opened fire on the convoy.^[4] Following the ambush, the jihadists retreated towards the Wagadou forest.^[5] The attack was not initially claimed, but suspected to have been perpetrated by JNIM.^[6]

AFP initially announced the deaths of eight Malian soldiers and four wounded.^[3] On the evening of May 2, Abdel Karim Konate, the Malian Minister of Commerce and a government spokesman, announced that nine soldiers were killed and five were injured.^[4] One vehicle was destroyed and another was captured.^[7] JNIM claimed responsibility for the attack on May 3, and claimed the deaths and injuries of at least twenty Malian soldiers, while suffering no losses themselves.^[8]