Sources: i24 News
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
The Government of Honduras declares a state of emergency with 3,649 suspected cases of the Zika virus in the past three months. 2016-02-2
Mali declares a 10-day state of emergency effective at midnight, following a series of threats from unnamed jihadist groups, and last month's siege at a Bamako hotel, where 20 people were killed. 2015-12-22
Malian forces arrest two men in their early 30s linked to a cell phone found at the scene of last week's deadly hotel attack. No details are provided on what their exact role was. 2015-11-27
Olivier Salgado, a spokesman for the U.N. mission in Mali, says at least 19 people were killed in the attack along with two of the attackers. Earlier reports indicated that 27 people died. 2015-11-21
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
A vehicle carrying United Nations peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern Mali, injuring six soldiers. 2015-01-4
Mali lifts a state of emergency ahead of a presidential election. 2013-07-6
Protests continue in Syria despite the lifting of the state of emergency law. 2011-04-20
The Governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, declares a state of emergency in all 77 counties due to wildfires burning out of control in that state and Colorado. 2011-03-11