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Prior to the beginning of Operation Barkhane, 10 French troops had been killed in Mali as part of Operation Serval. [121] 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. [ 122 ]
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.
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. [6]
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. [139] [140]
Pages in category "French involvement in the Mali War" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Operation Tiésaba-Bourgou; 2011 Timbuktu ...
Around late 2022, the Malian junta enlisted the help of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group in combatting jihadists, and also ordered the evacuation of French troops of Operation Barkhane. [5] In June 2023, the Malian junta ordered MINUSMA to cease operations in the country by the end of the year. [6]
On 27 March 2020, the governments of Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Mali, Niger, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom issued a political statement expressing support for the creation of a task force, integrated to the command of French operation Barkhane, aiming at tackling the terrorist groups in the Liptako region, a historic region ...
The Malian Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Maliennes) consists of the Army (French: Armée de Terre), Republic of Mali Air Force (French: Force Aérienne de la République du Mali), and National Guard. [7] They number some 7,000 and are under the control of the Minister of Armed Forces and Veterans.