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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 French presidency official and a senior Chadian official announce that Chad will reinforce their troops by 1,000 in order to fight jihadists in the border regions of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. It will be formally announced in a summit on February 15–16.
2021-02-12

The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about abuses by state security forces in the Sahel and threatens to cut aid to the G5 nations that form a coalition in the area – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad – if those issues are not addressed. The U.S. also welcomes a summit to be held between the G5 nations and France and Spain.
2020-07-9

10 Chadian soldiers and 28 Islamist insurgents are killed in heavy fighting in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains of northern Mali.
2013-02-24

The country's first reported suicide bomber blows himself up in Gao, injuring one Malian soldier. In the north, French and Chadian forces retake the city of Tessalit.
2013-02-8

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

Islamist rebels in northern Mali seize the central town of Douentza.
2012-09-1