Mali War

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The Mali War is an ongoing conflict in the West African nation of Mali involving government forces, separatist rebels, and Islamist militants, marked by insurgency, foreign military interventions, and severe humanitarian impacts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
insurgency
conflictIn Mali
country Mali
endTime unknown
hasCause Tuareg separatism
collapse of Libyan regime in 2011
ethnic tensions in northern Mali
governance crisis in Mali
regional arms proliferation
spread of jihadist groups in the Sahel
state weakness in Mali
hasHumanitarianImpact closure of schools in conflict areas
displacement of hundreds of thousands of people
need for international humanitarian aid
restricted access to health services
hasPart Battle of Gao
Battle of Konna
Battle of Timbuktu
Operation Serval
surface form: French military intervention in Mali

G5 Sahel joint force operations in Mali
Islamist insurgency in Mali
Kidal clashes
MINUSMA
Ménaka attacks
Tuareg rebellions in Mali
surface form: Northern Mali conflict

Operation Barkhane
Operation Serval
Tuareg rebellions in Mali
surface form: Tuareg rebellion of 2012
involves Dogon militias
Fulani armed groups
attacks on UN peacekeepers
attacks on civilians
ethnic militias
suicide bombings
use of improvised explosive devices
locatedIn West Africa
natureOfConflict asymmetric warfare
ethnic
religious
separatist
opposedBy Islamist militant groups
Malian Armed Forces
surface form: Malian government forces

National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
surface form: Tuareg separatist groups

international peacekeeping forces
participant Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
surface form: AQIM

Mourabitoun militia
surface form: Al-Mourabitoun

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Ansar Dine
Burkina Faso
CMA
Chad
Coordination of Azawad Movements
ECOWAS
France
French Armed Forces
G5 Sahel
Government of Mali
Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin
surface form: Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
JNIM
MINUSMA
MNLA
MUJAO
surface form: MOJWA

Malian Armed Forces
Mauritania
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Niger
Plateforme des mouvements du 14 juin 2014
Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
surface form: Russian Wagner Group

Russian military advisors
United Nations
peaceProcess 1975 Algiers Agreement
surface form: Algiers Agreement

UN-mediated negotiations
ceasefire arrangements between government and CMA
result civilian casualties
destruction of cultural heritage in Timbuktu
expansion of jihadist violence into Burkina Faso and Niger
food insecurity
human rights abuses
large-scale internal displacement
regional destabilization in the Sahel
significantEvent 2012 Malian coup d’état
Tuareg rebellions in Mali
surface form: 2012 Tuareg rebellion

2015 Algiers Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali
surface form: Algiers Peace Agreement 2015

French intervention in January 2013
Mali’s request for MINUSMA withdrawal in 2023
decision of Mali to expel French ambassador in 2022
withdrawal of French Operation Barkhane from Mali
startTime 2012
status ongoing
typeOfWarfare counterinsurgency
guerrilla warfare
terrorism

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Malian Armed Forces conflict Mali War
General Grégoire de Saint-Quentin conflict Mali War
subject surface form: Grégoire de Saint-Quentin
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Battle of Konna conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Battle of Konna partOf Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War
Battle of Diabaly conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Battle of Diabaly partOf Mali War
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2100 conflictContext Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2100 conflictContext Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian civil war (2012–present)
General Pierre de Villiers conflict Mali War
subject surface form: Pierre de Villiers
Algiers peace negotiations conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Algiers peace negotiations conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War (2012–present)
Kidal conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Forces Armées Nationales Tchadiennes conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Mali situation at the ICC concernsArmedConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)
Ansar al-Din activeInConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: 2012 Northern Mali conflict
Ansar al-Din involvedIn Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Ansar al-Din involvedIn Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War
Defenders of the Faith partOfConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Defenders of the Faith partOfConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War
MUJAO activeInConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
MUJAO activeInConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War
Ansongo conflictAffected Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
AFISMA conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
AFISMA conflict Mali War
Iyad Ag Ghaly militaryConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Iyad Ag Ghaly militaryConflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War
Abdelmalek Droukdel conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
FAMa conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
FAMa conflict Mali War
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War