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French President Emmanuel Macron announces that he will reduce the presence of troops in the Sahel to between 2,500 and 3,000 over the long-term, and will also close bases in Timbuktu, Tessalit and Kidal in northern Mali, as part of a reorganization effort to focus on missions in the Malian, Nigerien, and Burkinese border regions.
2021-07-9

At least 23 people are dead and 300 missing after attacks on three Fulani villages in central Mali.
2019-06-30

Mali's Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga and his entire cabinet resigns, being succeeded by Boubou Cisse. No reason is addressed.
2019-04-18

At least 15 Tuaregs are killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group (Fulani) attack their village in northern Mali, according to local authorities.
2018-09-26

Ansar Dine, a militant Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for yesterday's attack on a United Nations base in Kidal, northern Mali, that killed six UN peacekeepers, all from neighboring Guinea.
2016-02-13

An attack by suspected Islamist militants on a MINUSMA base in the town of Kidal, northern Mali, kills at least five United Nations peacekeepers and injures 30 others.
2016-02-12

At least three people are killed in an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Kidal, northern Mali. The jihadist group Ansar Dine claims responsibility.
2015-11-28

A rocket and shelling attack in Kidal, northern Mali kills three people, including a UN peacekeeper.
2015-03-8

A car bombing in the Malian town of Kidal kills two United Nations peacekeepers.
2013-12-14

2013 Kidal suicide attack: Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
2013-04-12