Events in the year 2021 in Mali.

2021
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Mali

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Incumbents

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Events

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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Mali and Mali War

January to March

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  • January 1 – Six people, including former prime minister Boubou Cissé are charged with an “attempted coup”.[1]
  • January 2 – Two French soldiers are killed in Ménaka Region.[2] Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility.[3]
  • January 3 - Mali wedding airstrike: France says it neutralized dozens of jihadists in an airstrike but people in the town of Bounti in Mopti Region, say that twenty wedding guests were killed by a low-flying helicopter.[4]
  • January 13 – Three U.N. peacekeepers from the Ivory Coast are killed by an Improvised explosive device (IED) on the road between Douentza and Timbuktu. Six others soldiers were wounded.[5]
  • January 20 – Police use tear gas to disperse 1,000 protesters against the 5,100 French military forces in the county.[6]
  • January 24
    • Six soldiers are killed in two coordinated acts in Boulkessi and Mondoro, Mopti Region.[7]
    • Fulani herdsmen and Dogon farmers sign a third humanitarian agreement to end fighting in Koro, Mopti Region.[8]
  • January 25 – U.S. Navy SEAL Tony DeDolph is sentenced to ten years of prison for murdering U.S. Army Green Beret Logan Melgar while serving in 2017 in Mali.[9]
  • January 31 – Three hundred British troops with 60 light vehicles join 14,000 United Nations peacekeepers under Chinese command. This is a different mission from the French mission that is supported by 90 British troops and three Chinook helicopters.[10]
  • February 10 – Twenty United Nations′ peace keepers are wounded in attacks by rebels in Douentza.[11]
  • February 25 – Nine soldiers are killed and nine wounded in an attack in Bandiagara, Mopti.[12]
  • March 30 – A United Nations investigation by the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) finds that a 3 January French military airstrike on the village of Bounty, hit a wedding group largely made up of civilians, leaving 22 people dead, including 19 civilians.[13][14]

April to June

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July to August

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September to October

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Deaths

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Modibo Keita

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References

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  2. ^ "Two French soldiers killed in Mali: French presidency". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Al-Qaeda branch claims killings of French soldiers in Mali". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "France says kills dozens of Mali jihadists, villagers say wedding party hit". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. AFP. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Three Ivorian UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack". msn.com. AFP. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Malian police disperse protest against French military presence". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. Reuters. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Six Malian soldiers killed in 'complex and simultaneous' attacks". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 24, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Ethnic groups in central Mali sign 'three peace agreements'". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Navy SEAL gets 10 years for his role in Green Beret's death". AP NEWS. 25 January 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  10. ^ Nicholls, Dominic (January 31, 2021). "British troops in Mali are being commanded by a Chinese officer it emerges, as first patrol on UN mission is completed". news.yahoo.com. The Telegraph. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "Twenty U.N. peacekeepers wounded in central Mali attack". news.yahoo.com. AFP. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Nine soldiers killed in central Mali attack". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  13. ^ Pujol-Mazzini, Anna (March 30, 2021). "UN accuses France of possible war crimes over Mali air strike on wedding". news.yahoo.com. The Telegraph. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  14. ^ "UN investigation concludes French military airstrike killed Mali civilians". UN News. 2021-03-30. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  15. ^ "Swiss hostage in Mali: Remains of missionary identified". news.yahoo.com. BBC News. April 1, 2021. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  16. ^ "Four peacekeepers killed in northern Mali attack: UN". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  17. ^ "Mali : Les mouvements armés du nord créent le "Cadre stratégique permanent"". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  18. ^ "Malian woman gives birth to nine babies". BBC News. 2021-05-06. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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  21. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Mali: Assimi Goita sworn in as transitional president | DW | 07.06.2021". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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  24. ^ "France to pull more than 2,000 troops from Africa's Sahel region". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  25. ^ "Gunmen kidnap Chinese, Mauritanian workers in Mali". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  26. ^ "Mali interim president says he is 'very well' after knife attack". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  27. ^ "Man accused of trying to kill Mali president dies in custody". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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  37. ^ "Five gendarmes killed in attack on mining convoy in Mali - army". Reuters. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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  39. ^ "Islamist militants kill at least nine Malian soldiers". Reuters. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  40. ^ "Colombian nun held hostage in Mali since 2017 has been freed". Reuters. 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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  44. ^ "Seven Mali soldiers killed in separate convoy attacks: army". Reuters. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  45. ^ "Mali says it may ask Russia for 'help' given current security situation". Reuters. 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  46. ^ "Mali: Dozens of civilians killed after militants attack bus". BBC News. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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