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
The Economic Community of West African States suspends Mali in response to last week's coup d'état. 2021-05-31
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack in Mali on 1 November that killed 54. 2019-11-2
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb release Serge Lazarevic, a French hostage seized three years ago in Mali. 2014-12-9
Mali lifts a state of emergency ahead of a presidential election. 2013-07-6
The United Nations Security Council votes to send a peacekeeping force to Mali to replace French and African forces battling Islamist guerrillas. 2013-04-25
The Government of Mali announces that 63 of their soldiers have been killed fighting jihadists since the French led intervention Operation Serval in January 2013. 2013-03-27
France claims that it is "probable" that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb chief Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed in Mali in late February. 2013-03-4
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa reports the execution of a kidnapped Algerian diplomat in northern Mali. 2012-09-2