Sources: BBC
Mali recalls its ambassador in Algeria after accusing it of interference in its internal affairs by meeting rebel leaders, deepening diplomatic tensions over efforts to end the separatist and Islamist insurgencies in northern Mali. 2023-12-22
A court in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, sentences four Malian men to life imprisonment for inciting an Islamist mass shooting that killed 19 people and injured 33 others at a beach resort in Grand-Bassam in 2016. 2022-12-28
A Togolese peacekeeper has died after being wounded yesterday in an attack on a MINUSMA base near Douentza in Mopti, central Mali, which wounded 28 peacekeepers, according to United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. 2021-02-12
At least 79 civilians are killed and 20 others are injured when Islamist militants attack two villages simultaneously in Tillabéri, Niger, near the border with Mali. 2021-01-2
13 Chadian soldiers and 65 Islamist insurgents are killed in heavy fighting in a remote part of northern Mali. 2013-02-22
The Malian army says it is investigating allegations that soldiers have carried out summary executions in the Islamist-controlled north of Mali. 2013-01-24
French and Malian troops retake Diabaly and Douentza as Islamist forces retreat. 2013-01-21
The United Nations Security Council authorises African-led military intervention in northern Mali to oust Islamists and help reunify the country. 2012-12-20
2012 Northern Mali conflict: The United Nations Security Council unanimously passes a resolution approving an African-led force to assist the army of Mali in ousting Islamist militants who have seized the north of the country. 2012-10-12
Thousands of students in rebel Islamist-controlled northern Mali leave schools after the imposition of Sharia law. 2012-06-22