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]
5 March – The government suspends the licenses of foreign artisanal gold mining companies in response to the series of disasters in gold mines.[10]
16 March – The Collective for the Defense of the Rights of the Azawad People accuses the Malian army of carrying out an airstrike on a market north of Lerneb in Tombouctou Region that killed 18 civilians. In response, the army says it had killed 11 "terrorists".[11]
6 April – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali withdraw their ambassadors from Algeria as part of protests against claims by Algiers that it had shot down a drone near the Malian border on 31 March.[13]
May
3 May – The first pro-democracy demonstrations in Mali since the 2021 coup are held in Bamako in protest against proposals by the transitional government to dissolve all political parties.[14]
7 May – The junta orders an indefinite suspension of activity by political parties.[16][17]
8 May – Two prodemocracy activists are abducted by suspected soldiers in separate incidents in Bamako and Kati.[18]
12 May –
Three people are killed while two others are abducted in attacks by gunmen on Narena.[19]
The army is accused of killing 27 people in the village of Diafarabé.[20]
13 May – President Goita signs a decree dissolving all political parties in the country.[21]
14 May – The High Authority for Communication issues a broadcasting ban on the French TV channel TV5 Monde for its coverage of the 2025 Malian protests.[22]
24 May – The JNIM claims to have killed 40 soldiers in an attack on an army garrison in Dioura.[23]
6 June – The Wagner Group announces its withdrawal from Mali.[25]
12 June – Dozens are reported killed in clashes between Azawad separatists against the Malian Army and the Russian Africa Corps in Kidal Region.[26]
July
1 July –
The JNIM launches a series of coordinated attacks on military positions in seven towns across western and central Mali. The army reports that it had killed 80 militants,[27] and confirms that several barracks and dozens of military positions were taken over temporarily during the assaults.[28][29]
Three Indian nationals are abducted by gunmen from a cement factory in Kayes.[30]
3 July – The transitional parliament allows President Assimi Goita to stay in office for a renewable five-year term.[31]
August
1 August – Former prime minister Moussa Mara is arrested on charges of "damaging the state’s credibility" after expressing support on social media for imprisoned critics of the junta.[32]
3 August – Four Moroccan truck drivers taken hostage by Islamic State – Sahel Province in Burkina Faso while driving from Morocco to Niger in January are released in Mali.[33]
10 August – Generals Abass Dembele, a former governor of Mopti Region, and Nema Sagara, are arrested along with at least 19 soldiers, several civilians and a French national on suspicion of plotting a coup against the junta. On 14 August, the junta accuses French intelligence services of involvement.[34][35]
12 August – Former prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga is arrested amid an investigation into corruption allegations.[36]
19 August – At least 21 soldiers are reported killed in a JNIM attack on Farabougou.[37]
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Years in Mali (1960–present)
