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A report by Amnesty International citing other organizations says that an increasing number of children are being killed and abducted as the conflict in Niger, mainly in the Tillabéri Region, worsens near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso. The report says that "a generation is growing surrounded by death and destruction" and denounces "gross abuses" by ISIL and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. The report urges the government and international partners to "take action".
2021-09-13

Malian interim President Dioncounda Traoré appoints Django Sissoko to be a new Acting Prime Minister, after his predecessor Cheick Modibo Diarra was forced to resign by leaders of the 2012 coup d'état.
2012-12-12

Two rebel groups in northern Mali, Ansar Dine and the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad join forces to form an independent Islamic state in the territory they occupy.
2012-05-26

2012 Malian coup d'état: The Economic Community of West African States pledges to send troops to Mali if the country agrees.
2012-05-3

2012 Mali counter-coup attempt: Heavy fighting takes place in the Malian capital Bamako between coup supporters and opponents.
2012-05-1

2012 Malian coup d'état: Mali coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo rejects a decision by the Economic Community of West African States to deploy troops to the country.
2012-04-29

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

Mali appoints Cheick Modibo Diarra, Microsoft chairman for Africa and a former NASA astrophysicist, as its interim prime minister after a coup d'état.
2012-04-17

Sanctions on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States imposed after the recent coup d'état result in shortages in the country.
2012-04-3

2012 Malian coup d'état: Coup leaders in Mali unveil a new constitution.
2012-03-28