Sources: BBC
Mali accuses its former ally France of arming jihadist terrorist groups in order to destabilize the country. Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop tells the United Nations that French aircraft are violating the country's airspace and dropping "arms and ammunition" to terrorist groups on the ground. France denies the accusations. 2022-08-18
The Malian military junta orders the French ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours in response to "outrageous comments" made by the French authorities about Mali's transitional government. 2022-01-31
Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé dies from COVID-19 in France two months after he was released by jihadist militants in a prisoner swap. 2020-12-25
Two French soldiers are killed after their armoured vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Mali. 2018-02-21
Insurgents launch an attack on the strategic city of Gao, capturing a police station and sparking a day-long firefight that included Malian troops, as well as French attack helicopters. 2013-02-11
The country's first reported suicide bomber blows himself up in Gao, injuring one Malian soldier. In the north, French and Chadian forces retake the city of Tessalit. 2013-02-8
French troops take Timbuktu while Tuareg forces of MNLA claim they control the city of Kidal in the north of Mali. 2013-01-29
French-led troops in Mali take control of Gao International Airport in the northern town and Islamist stronghold of Gao. 2013-01-26
French and Malian troops retake Diabaly and Douentza as Islamist forces retreat. 2013-01-21
French authorities seek to make contact with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over the kidnapping of five French nationals and two others in Niger, now believed to have been taken to northern Mali. 2010-09-23