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The Mali War [c] is an ongoing ... Mali experienced two coups in 2020 and 2021, both orchestrated by the Malian military. After the Malian coup in 2021, ...
On 25 August 2020, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie suspended Mali from membership and called for the immediate release of Keïta. [59] On 7 September 2020 at a summit in Niamey, Niger, regional bloc ECOWAS gave the Malian military rulers a deadline of 15 September to appoint a new civilian President and Prime Minister. [60]
When the Mali War intensified in the Mopti Region, the jihadist Katiba Macina movement attracted many young Fulani as it overthrew the traditional Fulani caste system. [2] Around this time, Dogon dozos formed Dan Na Ambassagou militias in Dogon areas, which were armed by the Malian government.
Part of Mali War: Date: January 22, 2020: ... 2020, six Malian soldiers ... The main militant group active in Mali's central Mopti Region is Katiba Macina, ...
The on-going Mali War in the Tuareg-controlled northern region intensified the situation. Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports have documented army abuses against civilians in the central Mopti and Segou regions, [ 8 ] dozens of attacks by armed groups in 2019 that resulted in 456 civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries. [ 9 ]
Frustration against the authorities for failing to restore security contributed to two coups in Mali - in 2020 and 2021 - followed by two in neighbouring Burkina Faso and one in Niger.
On June 14, 2020, dozens of Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush perpetrated by the al-Qaeda linked group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM). The attack was one of the deadliest incidents in recent Malian history, and served as a precursor to the 2020 Malian coup d'état.
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]