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Incumbents edit
- President: Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta: Resigned August 19.[1][2]
- Prime Minister: Boubou Cissé: Resigned August 19.[1]
- President of the National Assembly: Issaka Sidibé: Parliament dissolved August 19.[1]
- National Committee for the Salvation of the People: Established August 19.[1]
- Chairman: Colonel Assimi Goïta
- Spokesman: Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué
Events edit
March edit
- March 26 – Opposition leader Soumaila Cisse and six members of his team are kidnapped.[2]
- March 29 – First round of the 2020 Malian parliamentary election[3]
April edit
- April 6 – Bamba attack.[citation needed]
- April 19 – 2nd round of the 2020 Malian parliamentary election.[4]
- April 24 – Mopti attacks.[citation needed]
- April 30 – The Constitutional Court overturns election results for 31 seats and gives Rally for Mali an extra ten seats in Parliament.[2]
May edit
- May 10 – Three Chadian peacekeepers with MINUSMA were killed, and four wounded, in a roadside bomb attack in Aguelhok.[5]
- May 23 – Korité, public holiday[6][7]
- May 26 – Twenty people were killed and at least 11 injured when a minibus traveling between Bamako and Narena collided with a truck.[8]
- May 30 – Opposition parties establish the Mouvement du 5 juin - Rassemblement des forces patriotiques (in French) (June 5 Movement - Rally of Patriotic Forces).[2]
June edit
- June 3 – Battle of Talahandak.[citation needed]
- June 5 – Thousands led by Mahmoud Dicko protest under the banner of the June 5 Movement.[2]
- June 11 – Boubou Cisse is reappointed Prime Minister and charged with forming a new government.[2]
- June 19 – Tens of thousands of Malians protested in Bamako to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita—see 2020 Malian protests.[9]
- June 20 – ECOWAS called for new elections to be held due to disputes about the legitimacy of the 2020 Malian parliamentary election.[9]
July edit
- July 5 – President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita meets with imam Mahmoud Dicko, leader of the June 5 protest movement.[10]
- July 11 – 12 – Protesters in Bamako clash with security forces, who reportedly fired live rounds at the protesters. 11 people were reportedly killed and another 124 injured.[11][2]
- July 18 – The opposition rejects a new government of national unity proposed by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan,[12]
- July 27 – ECOWAS calls for a unity government and warns of sanctions.[2]
August edit
- August 10 – Nine new judges for the Constitutional Court were sworn in. Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque claimed the judges were nominated by a key Keita ally.[2]
- August 11 – Police use tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds in Independence Square after protests are renewed.[13]
- August 12 – The June 5 Movement announces daily protests.[2]
- August 18 – 2020 Malian coup d'état
- Soldiers at a base in Kati, Mali mutinied, detaining several civilian and military officials, sparking protests in nearby Bamako.[14]
- President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé were arrested by mutinying soldiers, as part of a coup d'état reportedly led by Colonel Malick Diaw and General Sadio Camara.[15][16]
- August 19 – President Keïta and Prime Minister Cissé are forced to resign; Parliament is dissolved. The National Committee for the Salvation of the People is established.[2]
- August 21 – A report attributed to unidentified sources in the Malian Armed Forces claims that Colonels Malick Diaw and Sadio Camara received training in Russia just a week before the coup.[17]
September edit
- September 7 – ECOWAS renews calls for a quick return to civilian rule.[18]
- September 10 – Members of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) meet with civilian and political leaders in order to establish a transitional civilian government by September 15.[19]
- September 11 – The National Committee for the Salvation of the People proposes a transitional government led by a president appointed by the military for two years.[20]
- September 12 – The CNSP agrees to an 18-month political transition period.[21]
- September 15 – Deadline established by ECOWAS to name a civilian government for a one-year transition to free elections.[22]
October edit
- October 5 - Over 100 jihadists were released as part of negotiations to secure the release of Soumaïla Cissé and French aid worker Sophie Pétronin.[23]
- October 8 - Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé were released from captivity by jihadist militants.[24] Two Italian nationals, Nicola Chiacchio and Pier Luigi Maccalli, were also reported released.[24]
- October 9 - Swiss government confirmed that Swiss Christian missionary Béatrice Stöckli was killed in Mali by jihadists.
November edit
- November 13 – French forces kill jihadist leader Ba Ag Moussa near Ménaka Cercle.[25]
December edit
- December 23 – United Nations investigators say both the military and rebel groups have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity since 2012.[26]
- December 29 – Three French soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mopti Region.[27]
Scheduled events edit
- October 29 – Prophet's birthday[6]
- November 5 – Baptism of the Prophet[6]
- December 25 – Christmas Day[6]
Deaths edit
- February 14 – Adama Kouyaté, photographer (b. 1928).[28]
- July 28 – Zou Diarra, musician (b. 1960).[citation needed]
- September 15 – Moussa Traoré, military officer and politician, former President of Mali (b. 1936).[29]
- November 10 – Amadou Toumani Touré, former President of Mali (b. 1948).[30]
- December 25 – Soumaila Cissé, 71, politician; COVID-19.[31]
See also edit
- 2020 in West Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mali
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- 2020 Malian protests
- 2020 Malian parliamentary election
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- 2020 Malian coup d'état
- 2012 Malian coup d'état
- Mali War
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
- Mopti attacks (Five attacks in 2020)
References edit
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- ^ "Mali : le premier tour des élections législatives fixé au 29 mars prochain – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 23 January 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ AFP, Le Figaro fr avec (2018-09-13). "Mali: les élections législatives reportées d'un mois". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "UN peacekeepers killed in Mali after patrol hits IED". France 24. May 10, 2020.
Three UN troops were killed and four more wounded when their convoy hit a roadside bomb early Sunday [...] Chadian peacekeepers were on a routine patrol in Aguelhok commune in the north of the country [...] Three soldiers were killed and four were seriously wounded in the blast
- ^ a b c d "Mali Public Holidays 2020". PublicHolidays.africa. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ "(04) Photos- Korité 2020 : Le Mali prie en respectant le port de masque et la distanciation sociale". Senego.com - Actualité au Sénégal, toute actualité du jour (in French). 23 May 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (May 27, 2020). "At least 20 killed as minibus collides with truck in Mali". Al Jazeera English.
At least 20 people have been killed and 11 seriously injured after a minibus and a truck collided in the south of Mali, the country's transport ministry said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on Tuesday at 8pm (20:00 GMT) on a major road linking the capital Bamako with the town of Narena on the border with Guinea, the ministry said in a statement.
- ^ a b Diallo, Tiemoko; McAllister, Edward (June 20, 2020). Fincher, Christina; Harrison, Mike (eds.). "West African bloc urges Mali to re-run disputed elections amid mass protests". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020.
- ^ "Mali: President Keita meets protest leader Mahmoud Dicko". Al Jazeera English.
A video posted on the presidency's Twitter account showed the meeting between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Mahmoud Dicko, an imam and leading figure of the so-called June 5 movement, in the capital, Bamako, on Saturday.
- ^ "Calls for calm as Mali gov't criticised for response to protests". Al Jazeera English. July 13, 2020.
Bloody protests broke out in the capital, Bamako, on Friday and Saturday, with reports saying security forces fired live rounds during clashes with demonstrators, some of whom had occupied state buildings. [...] A senior official at an emergency department of a major hospital in Bamako was quoted by AFP news agency as saying 11 people died and 124 were injured since Friday.
- ^ "Mali opposition rebuffs mediation offer, demands president resign". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. 18 July 2020. Retrieved Sep 12, 2020.
- ^ "Mali police use tear gas to disperse anti-gov't protesters". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. 12 Aug 2020. Retrieved Sep 12, 2020.
- ^ Diallo, Tiemoko; Lewis, David (August 18, 2020). Heinrich, Mark (ed.). "Mutinying soldiers detain Mali president and PM, worsening crisis". Reuters.
- ^ "Soldiers seize Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta". BBC News. August 18, 2020.
- ^ Bell, Melissa; Tapily, Mamadou; Rahim, Zamira (August 18, 2020). "Mali president detained by troops, per African Union official". CNN.
- ^ Obaji Jr., Philip. "Mali Coup Leaders Seized Power Days After Returning From Military Training Camp in Russia". news.yahoo.com. The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ "W.African bloc again calls for 'swift' Mali civilian transition". news.yahoo.com. AFP. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ AHMED, BABA (10 September 2020). "Leaders in Mali meet with junta for conference on transition". AP NEWS. Retrieved Sep 12, 2020.
- ^ "Mali experts propose 2-year transition, president picked by army". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Sortie de crise : une transition de 18 mois adoptée par acclamation – MALI CANAL". www.malicanal.com (in French). MaliCanal. 12 Sep 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Africa leaders: Mali military gov't must name president by Sep 15". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. 7 Sep 2020. Retrieved Sep 12, 2020.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (October 5, 2020). "Mali frees over 100 jihadists seeking hostage swap". France 24.
- ^ a b "'I was certain that I would come back:' Sophie Pétronin on her release from captivity in Mali". France 24. October 9, 2020.
- ^ Lauras, Didier; Hauchard, Amaury (November 13, 2020). "French forces kill jihadist commander in Mali". yahoo.com. AFP. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ "Will perpetrators of war crimes in Mali be held accountable?". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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- ^ Afrique, Le Point (February 20, 2020). "Mali : le doyen de la photographie Adama Kouyaté n'est plus". Le Point.
- ^ Mali: l'ancien président Moussa Traoré est mort (in French)
- ^ "Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Touré dies at 72". France 24. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ "Mali opposition leader Cissé dies after contracting COVID-19". AP NEWS. 25 December 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.