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The Macina Liberation Front launches an attack on Mali's largest military base in Bamako. One soldier and six of the attackers are killed.
2022-07-22

A knifeman wounds Malian President Assimi Goïta in the arm at a mosque in Bamako. The perpetrator is arrested, and the attack is described as an assassination attempt.
2021-07-20

The Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali (ORTM) headquarters in the capital Bamako are evacuated amid reports of a coup attempt. The French and Norwegian embassies urge their citizens to remain indoors after being notified of mutiny in the Armed Forces.
2020-08-18

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announces dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm unrest that saw four people killed in anti-government protests in the capital Bamako on Friday.
2020-07-11

Tens of thousands of protesters descend on the Malian capital of Bamako, demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta resign over his failure to solve the country's myriad of problems.
2020-06-19

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta says that opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who was kidnapped in late March, is alive. Keïta said "we know who his captors are [...] And if it pleases God, he will come back soon".
2020-06-16

A partially occupied building under construction collapses, killing 15 people in Bamako, Mali.
2019-09-1

Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure arrives in Senegal after being ousted in a military coup.
2012-04-20

The President of Mali Amadou Toumani Toure resigns as part of a deal with coup leaders.
2012-04-8

Captain Amadou Sanogo, the President of the newly formed National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR), declares an immediate curfew.
2012-03-22