Mali war crimes 13

The Mali War

  • Ansar Dine and AQIM impose harsh application of Shariah law

  • Tuareg rebel group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) launch a series of attacks in northern Mali

  • Mauritania and Nigeria vow to fight terrorism from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Islamist sect Boko Haram

  • Protesters surround President's palace angry about handling of attacks by Tuareg rebels

  • UN and EU call for urgent assistance to combat drought in Sahel region

  • ECOWAS approved humanitarian aid of three million dollars for victims of the food crisis and rebel attacks

  • Clast between Mali army and Tuareg rebels forced nearly 130,000 people to flee their home

  • ECOWAS warns Tuareg rebels to lay down arms

  • Soliders overthrow government

  • Tuareg rebels vowed to continue to seize the north

  • Coup Leaders receive backlash from international communtiy and EU suspends aid

  • Tuareg rebel and Islamist groups seize city of Gao and Timbuktu

  • Tuareg rebels declared independence in the north

  • Cheick Modibo Diarra was named interim prime minister

  • Rise of civilian led militas fight against extreme Islamist

  • Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra resigns

  • UN Security council sends troops to Mali

  • Islamist continue to seize land in central Mali

  • France troops carry out airstrikes against Islamist fighters

  • Tuareg and Mali officials sign peace accord in Burkina Faso

  • Tuareg leader Alghabass Ag Intalla seeks negotiations

  • Tuareg and Ansar Dine split

  • Malin troops with assistance from France retake Timbuktu

  • UN votes to establish peacekeeping force for Mali

  • Mali holds elections amid war

  • Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins Mali’s presidency

  • Tuareg rebels suspend peace deal

  • Tuareg accepted a cease-fire agreement with the government

  • Peace agreement signed

  • Central Mali becomes prone to Islamist group attacks including with explosive devices on roadways

  • resident Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was sworn in for a second term after winning elections

  • Malian soldiers allegedly killed and buried in common graves over 60 men suspected of supporting armed Islamists

  • Mali election marred by rights violations, corruption and insecurity

  • the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), claimed a series of attacks on UN peacekeepers, soldiers from both Mali and Burkina Faso, and local militants

  • Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga and his government resign following an upsurge of ethnic violence

  • Mali soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

  • Massive opposition protests