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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.
31 March: Rebels take over Gao. [ 15] April. Islamist fighters in northern Mali. 1 April: Rebels attack Timbuktu [ 16] Reports that Ansar Dine takes over the city and chases away MNLA fighters. [ 6] 2 April: ECOWAS and Mauritanian and Algeria place wide-ranging sanctions on the military government of Mali.
Mali is located in Africa. The history of the territory of modern Mali may be divided into: Pre-Imperial Mali, before the 13th century. The history of the eponymous Mali Empire and of the Songhai Empire during the 13th to 16th centuries. The borders of Mali are those of French Sudan, drawn in 1891. They are artificial, and unite parts of the ...
The 2012 Tuareg rebellion was the early phase of the Mali War; from January to April 2012, a war was waged against the Malian government by rebels with the goal of attaining independence for the northern region of Mali, known as Azawad. [26] It was led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and was part of a series of ...
The Mali Empire (Manding: Mandé[ 3 ] or Manden Duguba; [ 4 ][ 5 ] Arabic: مالي, romanized:Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita (c.1214 – c. 1255) and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita). At its peak, Mali was the largest empire in ...
Sadio Camara [3] On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny, [4][5][6] and subsequently undertook a coup d'état. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior officers arrested. [7][8] Tanks ...
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Mali. Conflict. Combatant 1. Combatant 2. Results. Tuareg Rebellion of 1962–1964. (1962–1964) Mali. Tuareg Tribal and Clan Groups.
Mali. Coordination of Azawad Movements. The Algiers Accords, officially referred to as the Accord for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, is a 2015 agreement to end the Mali War. The agreement was signed on May 15 and June 20, 2015, in Bamako, following negotiations in Algiers between the Republic of Mali and Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA).