Sources: BBC
Islamist militant group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) says the Malian military has begun to withdraw from Tessalit, Kidal Region, with the soldiers agreeing to hand over their weapons in exchange for a safe passage from the town. 2026-04-27
Algeria bans flights to and from Mali in response to "recurrent violations" of Algerian airspace by Malian military drones. 2025-04-7
Nine soldiers are killed and six others are wounded during an ambush near the village of Boni, Mopti, Mali. Twenty attackers are also killed. 2021-02-3
After having been postponed several times, parliamentary elections are being held in war-torn Mali. The election is overshadowed by the recent kidnapping of the leading opposition politician Soumaïla Cissé and the first reported COVID-19 death in the country. 2020-03-29
Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé and six others are taken hostage by jihadists in the northern Tombouctou Region. Cissé's bodyguard was killed and two others injured in the ambush. 2020-03-26
At least 20 people are killed in central Mali when a truck plunges into a river after a suspected brake failure. 2018-09-12
Three people in Mali, which has had no cases, are injected with an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus, the first such trial in Africa. 2014-10-10
Voters in Mali go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election. 2013-08-11
Mali lifts a state of emergency ahead of a presidential election. 2013-07-6
Mali's interim President Diouncounda Traore returns to the country after a two-month absence. 2012-07-27