Sources: ABC Washington Post
Tuareg rebels reach an agreement that allows the Russian Africa Corps to withdraw from Kidal, Mali. 2026-04-26
Rocket attacks are carried out in three northern Malian cities – Gao, Kidal and Ménaka – against French military bases. No one is killed or injured. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for the attacks. 2020-11-30
Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga visits separatist rebel stronghold Kidal. 2018-03-23
Ansar Dine, a militant Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for yesterday's attack on a United Nations base in Kidal, northern Mali, that killed six UN peacekeepers, all from neighboring Guinea. 2016-02-13
At least three people are killed in an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Kidal, northern Mali. The jihadist group Ansar Dine claims responsibility. 2015-11-28
A rocket and shelling attack in Kidal, northern Mali kills three people, including a UN peacekeeper. 2015-03-8
A car bombing in the Malian town of Kidal kills two United Nations peacekeepers. 2013-12-14
Two French journalists working for RFI are kidnapped and killed in the town of Kidal in northern Mali. 2013-11-2
French forces enter the city of Kidal in northern Mali after seizing its airport overnight. 2013-01-30
French troops take Timbuktu while Tuareg forces of MNLA claim they control the city of Kidal in the north of Mali. 2013-01-29