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The Mali War [c] is an ongoing conflict that started in January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa. On 16 January 2012, several insurgent groups began fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, which they called Azawad .
Mali has been in a state of conflict since 2012, with fighting variously instigated by groups linked to Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, Tuareg rebels, self-declared defence forces, and bandits. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In an effort to resolve the situation, the Malian Armed Forces ousted the civilian government in a 2020 coup and resorted to allowing the entry ...
Approximate extent of the Mali Empire, next to the Songhai Empire, c. 1350. 1440 — 1490 The empire on the defensive. The Portuguese; Songhai hegemony; Tengela War; 1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali empire. Songhay hegemony in the Sahel; The Songhay respite and the battle for Bambuk; The Rise of the Kaabu Empire; The Sack of Niani; Further losses
Mali is one of several West African countries fighting an Islamist insurgency that took roots in Mali's arid north in 2012 and has since spread across the Sahel and more recently to the north of ...
Since the conflict in Mali erupted, violence has spread to neighbours in the Sahel region and reached the north of coastal countries. Thousands have been killed and millions displaced in the ...
The United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Mali on Sunday said it had sped up a planned withdrawal from the town of Ber in northern Mali due to worsening security, as fighting in the area raised ...
On 4 August, Mali broke off diplomatic relations with Ukraine with immediate effect, after a senior Ukrainian official, according to Bamako, admitted Kyiv's "involvement" in this attack. [39] Ukraine denied involvement in the attack [ 40 ] and condemned the severance, calling the decision "short-sighted and hasty".
The conflict has seen the creation and growth of Dogon and Bambara militias. The government of Mali is suspected of supporting some of these groups under the guise of being proxies in the war against Islamists in the Northern Mali conflict. [71] The government denies this. [71] One such militia is the Dogon group Dan Na Ambassagou, created in ...