Sources: BBC
After killing hundreds of civilians and forcing thousands to flee, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara is reported to have captured the town of Ansongo in eastern Mali. 2022-10-17
A Jordanian member of the MINUSMA peacekeeping force is killed and three others are injured in Kidal Region, Mali. 2022-06-1
An elderly Italian couple and their son are kidnapped by jihadists in Southern Mali. A Togolese citizen is also reported to have been kidnapped along with the Italians, but authorities say that they are unable to confirm if this is true. 2022-05-21
Gunmen coming from Mali kill 13 gendarmes and injure five on a base in western Niger. 2017-10-21
A U.N. peacekeeping helicopter crashes during a mission in northern Mali, resulting in the death of two German pilots within. 2017-07-26
Ansar Dine, an Islamic extremist group claims responsibility for kidnapping three International Committee of the Red Cross staffers this weekend in Abeïbara in northeastern Mali. 2016-04-21
Ten gunmen storm the five-star Radisson Blu Hotel in the Malian capital Bamako, taking 170 hostages with at least 27 people killed. The grenade-toting assailants free captives who are able to recite the Quran. The hotel is "often used" by Air France staff. 2015-11-20
Mali lifts a state of emergency ahead of a presidential election. 2013-07-6
An Arabian camel gifted to President of France François Hollande for liberating Mali is killed and stewed by a family in Timbuktu, in whose care Hollande had left it. 2013-04-10