2021 in Mali

Events in the year 2021 in Mali.

See also: 2021 in West Africa

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Incumbents

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Mali and Mali War

January to March
  • 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
  • April 1 – The remains of Béatrice Stöckli, a Swiss missionary in Timbuktu, have been identified. She was captured by kidnapped by jihadists in 2016.[15]
  • May 24 - Armed forces of Mali overthrows incumbent Mali President Bah N'daw from his office and strips multiple high ranking officials from their power.
  • May 6 – Halima Cissé, 25, gives birth to nine babies, which is probably a world record.[16]

September to October
  • September 5 - Members of Mali's police Special Anti-Terrorist Forces (Forsat) stormed a prison to liberate detained commander Oumar Samake.[17]

Deaths
Modibo Keita

See also

References
  1. "Mali charges prominent figures with 'attempted coup'". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 1, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  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. "Malian woman gives birth to nine babies". BBC News. 2021-05-06. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  17. "Mali police storm jail to free detained commander". BBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  18. "Ex-Malian PM Modibo Keïta dies at 78". africanews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  19. "French army kills Mali jihadist linked to journalist murders". www.msn.com. AFP. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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