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The West African nations of the 15-member bloc ECOWAS suspend diplomatic relations with Mali and announce that they are closing their borders with and imposing economic sanctions on Mali in response to an "unacceptable delay" to the country's next general election.
2022-01-9

The Malian interim government gives the country's ECOWAS representative 72 hours to leave Mali over "actions incompatible with his status", though the government added that they still maintain a "willingness to work together with ECOWAS in the transition".
2021-10-25

The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States decide to suspend Mali's membership in the organization until the end of February 2022 or when the country appoints a civilian prime minister.
2021-05-30

ECOWAS demands the release of Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, who was kidnapped in March just days before a disputed election, asks 31 elected MPs whose results were disputed to resign, and requests an urgent inquiry into protesters' deaths on 10–12 July. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is given ten days to respond to the bloc's proposals or face sanctions.
2020-07-27

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

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 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

The African Union suspends Mali's membership following a coup earlier in the week.
2012-03-23