Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Operation Serval (French: Opération Serval) was a French military operation in Mali. [20] The aim of the operation was to oust Islamic militants from the north of Mali, [21] who had begun a push into the center of Mali. [22] Operation Serval followed the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085 of 20 December 2012 and an official ...
Prior to the beginning of Operation Barkhane, 10 French troops had been killed in Mali as part of Operation Serval. [124] Since the launch of Operation Barkhane in August 2014, the French Ministère des Armées listed 38 servicemen were reported killed in Mali, 2 in Burkina Faso and one in Chad. [ 125 ]
In mid-2014, the French military in Mali ended its Operation Serval and transitioned to the broader regional counterterrorist effort, Operation Barkhane. Despite a ceasefire agreement signed on 19 February 2015 in Algiers , Algeria , and a peace accord in the capital on 15 April 2015, fighting continued.
Though France and other European powers would come into contact with Malian traders on the Atlantic side of Western Africa, the first Frenchman to extensively document the riches present in Mali (and thus prod sentiment of French colonization) was the explorer René Caillé, who traveled inland from the Atlantic coast through the upper Niger River and reached Timbuktu in 1828. [5]
Pages in category "French involvement in the Mali War" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The French helicopters came under small arms fire from the militants, and the helicopter subsequently responded. [4] Ground troops were soon deployed, and the clashes continued into October 17. Patrick Steiger , spokesman for the French Armed Forces, stated that "tenacity of the terrorists...suggested that it was either a site important to them ...
The French Government announced that the soldier "was mortally wounded during fighting against armed terrorists taking refuge in the Adrar of the Ifoghas, in northern Mali." [ 5 ] Colonel Thierry Burkhard told French Media that French paratroopers had been engaged with Terrorists throughout the day on several occasions.
The operation began at 2:30 am on November 1, when a convoy of 450 French soldiers and 52 vehicles commanded by Thibaut Lemerle left Gao, Mali. [4] The convoy headed southeast, traveling 380 kilometers in 18 hours to reach Niamey, Niger. [3] The column then headed west into Burkinabe territory, reaching Dori on November 2. [3]