Sources: AP
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin claims responsibility for an attack in Mali the previous day which killed seven Wagner Group mercenaries. 2024-11-22
The United States announces sanctions on three senior Malian officials, including the country's Defence Minister Sadio Camara, for allegedly "helping to facilitate" the presence of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group in the country. 2023-07-24
The Malian constitutional court declares Colonel Assimi Goïta as the country's interim president, following the arrest of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane by the military on May 24. 2021-05-28
Jihadist group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin releases Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who had been held captive since March, and French aid worker Sophie Pétronin, who had been held captive since 2016. 2020-10-6
Thirteen French soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash during an operation against jihadists in Mali. 2019-11-25
An attack on a village near the town of Sangha in central Mali kills 95 Dogon villagers. The mayor of nearby Bankass blames local Fulani. 2019-06-10
Ahmad al-Faqi is transferred to the International Criminal Court to face trial for the war crime of directing the destruction of cultural sites in Timbuktu, Mali when the city was under the control of Islamist groups in 2012. 2015-09-26
A rocket and shelling attack in Kidal, northern Mali kills three people, including a UN peacekeeper. 2015-03-8
French and Malian troops retake Diabaly and Douentza as Islamist forces retreat. 2013-01-21
At least 16 people are killed in a stampede at Djinguereber Mosque in Mali's northwestern city of Timbuktu. 2010-02-26