Sources: BBC
France and the EU-wide Takuba Task Force announce that they will begin withdrawing from Mali, stating that the military government in place since last year's coup has placed "multiple obstructions" to their counter-terrorism operations. 2022-02-17
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
The French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly says that AQIM emir Abdelmalek Droukdel, along with members of his inner circle, had been killed in northern Mali on 3 June 2020. She also says that French forces had also captured a senior AQIM commander in an operation in May. 2020-06-5
France's defense ministry reports its first armed drone strike. On Saturday, a Reaper drone strike killed seven in central Mali. 2019-12-23
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
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 and Malian troops retake Diabaly and Douentza as Islamist forces retreat. 2013-01-21
A French pilot is killed in a helicopter raid in northern Mali, according to French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian. 2013-01-12
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