Sources: BBC
France suspends its joint counterterrorism agreements with the Mali government over the arrest of a French citizen. According to Mali officials, the French citizen was taken into custody for their alleged involvement in a purported coup plot. Also in response to the arrest, two Mali diplomats are expelled from an embassy in Paris by French authorities. 2025-09-19
Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing. 2025-08-14
The Assimi Goïta-led military junta prohibits the operation of France-supported NGOs in Mali to reciprocate the French government's suspension of development aid for the West African country due to its involvement with Russia's Wagner Group in the war. 2022-11-21
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
Two French soldiers are killed after their armoured vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Mali. 2018-02-21
An Arabian camel gifted to President of France François Hollande for liberating Mali is killed and stewed by a family in Timbuktu, in whose care Hollande had left it. 2013-04-10
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
The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb announces it has killed a French hostage in Mali after a failed rescue attempt by French and Mauritanian troops. 2010-07-25