The Tuareg independence movement accuses Malian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries of killing 24 civilians, which constitutes a war crime. 2025-02-22
Twelve soldiers are killed during an attack by JNIM gunmen against a military base in Kpékankandi, Togo. Forty attackers are neutralized. 2024-07-20
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
Two employees of the Canadian mining company Iamgold are reported missing following an attack on their convoy in Burkina Faso while travelling to Essakane, Mali. 2021-10-29
An Egyptian UN peacekeeper is killed and another injured after a bomb planted by jihadists detonates under a truck that was part of a UN logistics convoy. 2021-01-15
Two French soldiers are killed when their armoured vehicle hits an IED in Kidal Region. 2020-09-5
Suspected Islamist militants launch an attack on a Burkina Faso Armed Forces unit, killing 24 Burkinabé soldiers and wounding 7 others, the heaviest loss for the army in its fight to contain Islamist terrorism. The army said it had launched a land and air operation in response to the attack. 2019-08-19
Gunmen burn down a Catholic church during mass and kill six people, including a priest, in Dablo, Burkina Faso. 2019-05-12