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16 January: The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court opened a formal investigation of alleged war crimes in Mali. [44] 16–19 January: In Amenas hostage crisis. AQIM militants crossed the border from Mali into Algeria and captured an Algerian/Statoil/BP-owned natural gas field, In Aménas, near the border with Libya. [citation needed]
The group also offered to give the bodies to a "neutral body." [5] A few days prior to the raid, the Malian hostages appeared in a video published by JNIM. [10] [11] The French army refuted JNIM's claims as propaganda, but Malian soldiers interviewed by RFi stated that they recognized their comrades in the photos and videos published by JNIM. [9]
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 .
The Battle of Ifoghas completes the reconquest phase of northern Mali. After this defeat, the jihadists sought to blend in with the population and avoided clashes. In Terz Valley, even the French were discovering the cut beards the jihadists left. Salafist rebels now had gone underground.
After meeting at the beginning of January in Bambara Maoudé, the jihadists of Ansar Dine, MUJAO, AQIM and Boko Haram go on the offensive in southern Mali. One group attacks the city of Konna , while another, divided into two or three columns, bypasses the positions of the Malian army via Mauritania , in order to attack Diabaly.
Mali's army and Russian mercenaries killed dozens of civilians during a military operation last month in northern Mali, civil organization and community members alleged Friday, amid a surge in ...
The Azawad conflict has been a conflict in Northern Mali between the MNLA, a Tuareg nationalist group, and a coalition of Islamist groups. The conflict began when Northern Mali declared itself independent from the government, creating the unrecognized state of Azawad. The Islamists and MNLA formed an alliance in combatting the Malian government.
MNLA and Ansar Dine take control of all Northern Mali territory; Independent state of Azawad declared by the MNLA and initially supported by Ansar Dine; Conflict between the MNLA and Ansar Dine (the latter receiving support from AQIM and MOJWA). Mali War (2012–present) Mali France Turkey Chad Nigeria Azawad