Mali

Jihadist Insurgency

Main Religion: Islam 

Population: 24 million 

Christian Population: 497,000 (2.2%)

Perpetrators: Islamist armed groups, such as the al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa-al-Muslimeen, JNIM), and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).

Victims: Christians

Death Toll/Number Displaced: The jihadist insurgency in Mali, which began in 2012, has resulted in the deaths of thousands of people and forcibly displaced over 375,000 more.

Mass Atrocities: Widespread killings, rapes, looting of villages, kidnappings, among others.