2021 in Mali
Incumbents
- President: Bah Ndaw (interim)
- Prime Minister: Moctar Ouane (acting)
- National Committee for the Salvation of the People:
- Chairman: Colonel Assimi Goïta
- Spokesman: Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Mali and Mali War
- January 2 – Two French soldiers are killed in Ménaka Region.[1] Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- January 20 – Police use tear gas to disperse 1,000 protesters against the 5,100 French military forces in the county.[5]
- January 24
- Six soldiers are killed in two coordinated acts in Boulkessi and Mondoro, Mopti Region.[6]
- Fulani herdsmen and Dogon farmers sign a third humanitarian agreement to end fighting in Koro, Mopti Region.[7]
- 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.[8]
- 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.[9]
See also
References
- "Two French soldiers killed in Mali: French presidency". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- "Al-Qaeda branch claims killings of French soldiers in Mali". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- "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.
- "Three Ivorian UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack". msn.com. AFP. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- "Malian police disperse protest against French military presence". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. Reuters. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- "Six Malian soldiers killed in 'complex and simultaneous' attacks". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 24, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "Ethnic groups in central Mali sign 'three peace agreements'". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- "Navy SEAL gets 10 years for his role in Green Beret's death". AP NEWS. 25 January 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- 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.
- "Ex-Malian PM Modibo Keïta dies at 78". africanews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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