May 12, 2023 UN human rights report says nearly 500 believed to have died in Mali village massacre last year A new report from the U.N. Human Rights Office said the death toll from a massacre last year in central Mali is now believed to be at least 500.
May 5, 2023 Mali's military government sets June 18 constitutional referendum date Mali's military junta on Friday announced its plan to organize a constitutional referendum in June, which may eventually pave the way for a presidential election.
March 20, 2023 Olivier Dubois, French journalist held by Islamic extremists for nearly 2 years, freed French journalist Olivier Dubois, held hostage for nearly two years in Mali, was released Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Twitter.
February 21, 2023 3 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali roadside bombing Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed by a roadside bomb near Songobia, Mali, on Tuesday, with several others reported injured.
August 18, 2020 Mali's president resigns after being detained by mutinous troops The Mali president resigned Tuesday night after being detained with the prime minister in an apparent coup by mutinied soldiers who surrounded the presidential residence and fired shots into the air.
January 16, 2020 DOJ charges Mali man with murdering American, supporting 2 terror groups A Malian man was charged in federal court this week with playing a role in two 2016 terrorist attacks in West Africa that killed an American missionary and 29 other people.
December 23, 2019 France's first-ever armed drone strike kills 7 Islamic militants in Mali France's defense ministry announced Monday it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend.
November 26, 2019 13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision in Mali Two helicopters assisting French soldiers in their pursuit of Islamic extremists collided in Mali and killed 13 men, in what is France’s single biggest loss of life since they began counterterrorism operations in the West African country in 2013.
November 2, 2019 Mali army post targeted in deadly militant attack, dozens killed, officials say A jihadist attack targeting military post in Mali killed least 53 soldiers and one civilian in the second such assault in a month, the government said Saturday.
June 10, 2019 Nearly 100 killed in Mali village attack, official says At least 95 people were killed in a central Mali village on Sunday in an overnight attack, the government said.
