2025 in Mali

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Events in the year 2025 in Mali .

Incumbents

• President: Assimi Goïta
• Prime Minister: Abdoulaye Maïga
• National Committee for the Salvation of the People:
  • Chairman: Colonel Assimi Goïta
  • Spokesman: Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué

Events

January

• 20 January – The Azawad Liberation Front releases a Spanish national who was abducted in southern Algeria by a "transnational mafia" on 17 January and taken to Indelimane in the Ménaka Region, where he was rescued. ^[1]
• 22 January – Niger announces the creation of a joint military force with Burkina Faso and Mali to combat extremist groups. ^[2]
• 29 January –
  • Mali, along with Burkina Faso and Niger, formally leave ECOWAS. ^[3]
  • An unspecified number of miners are killed in a landslide at a gold mine in Koulikoro Region. ^[4]

February

• 7 February – At least 56 people are killed in a gun attack on a convoy in Kobe, near Gao. ^[5]
• 15 February – At least 42 people are killed in the collapse of a gold mine near Kéniéba, Kayes Region. ^{[6] [7]}

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Mali

Source: ^[8]

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 20 January - Armed Forces Day
• 26 March - Martyrs' Day
• 30 March – Korité
• 21 April - Easter Monday
• 1 May - Labour Day
• 25 May - Africa Day
• 7 June – Tabaski
• 5 September – The Prophet's Birthday
• 12 September - Prophet's Baptism
• 22 September - Independence Day
• 25 December - Christmas Day

See also

• African Continental Free Trade Area
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
• Economic Community of West African States
• Community of Sahel–Saharan States

References

1. "Mali rebel group frees Spanish national kidnapped in Algeria". AP News. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. "West Africa's junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes". AP News. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
3. "Thousands rally in Burkina, Mali and Niger to cheer ECOWAS exit". France 24. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
4. "Landslide kills several artisanal gold miners in southern Mali". AP News. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
5. "More than 50 killed in convoy ambush in Mali, sources say". VOA. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
6. "Dozens killed in Mali illegal gold mine collapse". BBC. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
7. "The collapse of a gold mine has killed 42 people and injured several others in Mali". AP News. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
8. "Mali Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

External links

• Online calendar