Sources: BBC
France formally ends its military intervention in Mali after withdrawing its last remaining troops from a military base in Gao. The base was handed over to Malian Armed Forces before the French forces crossed into neighbouring Niger. 2022-08-15
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
The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about abuses by state security forces in the Sahel and threatens to cut aid to the G5 nations that form a coalition in the area β Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad β if those issues are not addressed. The U.S. also welcomes a summit to be held between the G5 nations and France and Spain. 2020-07-9
Militants disguised as United Nations troops attack two military bases near Timbuktu, Mali, using rockets and two car bombs. At least one soldier at the bases, used by France and the UN, is killed and more than twelve others are wounded. 2018-04-15
Two French soldiers are killed after their armoured vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Mali. 2018-02-21
A sixth French soldier is killed in Mali when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb, seriously injuring two more. 2013-04-29
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
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
African troops are to be deployed in Mali to fight alongside French and Malian soldiers within a week. 2013-01-15
The President of France Nicolas Sarkozy confirms that Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb has executed Michel Germaneau, a French hostage taken in Mali. 2010-07-26