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JNIM gunmen open fire on a military camp in Bamako, Mali, killing a number of soldiers. The perpetrators tried to infiltrate the camp, and also opened fire on the Modibo Keita International Airport. At least 15 suspects are arrested.
2024-09-17

Thirty-one people are killed and ten more injured after a bus en route from Mali to Burkina Faso crashes on a road in Koumantou.
2024-02-27

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

Mali confirms that it has a new case of Ebola virus, this time in the capital Bamako.
2014-11-11

Two French journalists working for RFI are kidnapped and killed in the town of Kidal in northern Mali.
2013-11-2

Due to lack of evidence, a French court drops a case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for allegedly running a prostitution ring.
2013-06-11

The UK announces it will deploy 330 military personnel to Mali and other West African countries in support of French forces operating in the area.
2013-01-29

Islamists rebels capture the Malian town of Diabaly after fierce fighting with government troops, as French airplanes strike targets in Gao.
2013-01-14

The United Nations Security Council authorises African-led military intervention in northern Mali to oust Islamists and help reunify the country.
2012-12-20