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The Malian Armed Forces conducts airstrikes on "terrorist targets" in Kidal, resulting in civilian casualties, amidst claims by local Tuareg groups and witnesses.
2023-11-7

A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concludes that the Malian Armed Forces and foreign fighters massacred at least 500 people in the town of Moura, Mopti Region, in March 2022. At least 58 women and girls were also raped by the military during the operation against jihadist groups.
2023-05-12

The United Kingdom announces that it is withdrawing its troops from Mali citing "political instability" and the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia's Wagner Group.
2022-11-14

Mali's ruling military junta demands that French forces leave the country "without delay" after French President Emmanuel Macron announced a withdrawal of troops in an "orderly fashion" in the coming months.
2022-02-18

Eight Malian soldiers and 57 Islamist militants are killed during a gunfight in the Archam region, after 40 civilians were killed there during terrorist attacks last week.
2022-02-18

A battle between jihadists and Malian forces in the central Mopti Region leaves at least nine soldiers and 15 insurgents dead. The mayor of the nearby town of Bankass says that up to 16 soldiers were killed in the attack.
2021-10-6

The man who tried to kill Malian President Assimi Goïta with a knife at a mosque in Bamako six days ago dies in custody. The cause of death is unknown.
2021-07-25

Four Malian soldiers are killed in an ambush on their patrol. No group claims responsibility for the attack, which comes as France resumes joint military exercises with members of the Malian Armed Forces, which had been suspended following the coup d'état this year led by Colonel Assimi Goïta.
2021-07-4

Mali's Prime Minister Boubou Cissé announces that his country will increase the size of its armed forces by 50% in recruitment to uproot jihadist groups.
2020-01-29

Nineteen Malian soldiers are killed in an attack on an army camp. No group has claimed responsibility.
2020-01-26