Madar (Bamako) - Mali's Crisis Coordination and Management Centre (CECOGEC) reported a "slight drop" in the flow of people expelled from Guinea arriving in the Bamako district on Monday, November 9, 2026, according to an official statement.
According to statement No. 2026-08 of the Interministerial Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, the drop is due to the transfer of about 49,000 people between November 5 and 8, as well as the consolidation of the Kouremale assembly site on the Guinean border, intended to facilitate assistance and the organisation of returns.
The centre said, however, that arrivals are continuing in parts of the Bougouni region, notably Yanfolila, Selingue and Kalana, as well as in the Kita and Kayes regions, particularly Kenieba.
Malian authorities mobilised 49 trucks and 24 buses on November 8 to carry about 11,000 people to Burkina Faso, while Burkinabe authorities mobilised 49 buses on November 9 to repatriate nearly 2,880 of their nationals, the statement said.
Fifteen trucks were also deployed in Kouremale to begin return operations from the site on November 9, and 182 people were transferred from Kenieba to Bamako the same day, according to the same source.
The centre said medical care for those affected continues in health facilities in Bamako, and called on humanitarian partners, youth organisations and economic operators to keep up their support.
Mali's Prime Minister's Office had said that tens of thousands of people had arrived in the country after being expelled from gold-mining sites in Guinea.
