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France and the EU-wide Takuba Task Force announce that they will begin withdrawing from Mali, stating that the military government in place since last year's coup has placed "multiple obstructions" to their counter-terrorism operations.
2022-02-17

The Malian military junta orders the French ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours in response to "outrageous comments" made by the French authorities about Mali's transitional government.
2022-01-31

The French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly says that AQIM emir Abdelmalek Droukdel, along with members of his inner circle, had been killed in northern Mali on 3 June 2020. She also says that French forces had also captured a senior AQIM commander in an operation in May.
2020-06-5

France's defense ministry reports its first armed drone strike. On Saturday, a Reaper drone strike killed seven in central Mali.
2019-12-23

A sixth French soldier is killed in Mali when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb, seriously injuring two more.
2013-04-29

French troops take Timbuktu while Tuareg forces of MNLA claim they control the city of Kidal in the north of Mali.
2013-01-29

French and Malian troops retake Diabaly and Douentza as Islamist forces retreat.
2013-01-21

Islamists rebels capture the Malian town of Diabaly after fierce fighting with government troops, as French airplanes strike targets in Gao.
2013-01-14

A French pilot is killed in a helicopter raid in northern Mali, according to French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian.
2013-01-12

The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb announces it has killed a French hostage in Mali after a failed rescue attempt by French and Mauritanian troops.
2010-07-25