An estimated 1,200 Islamist fighters advanced Getting to within 20 kilometers of Mopti , a Mali military garrison town .

Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso , to Algiers , Algeria , which crashed Catastrophe near Gossi , Mali , on 24 July 2014 .

Players from third-placed Mali had pleaded Request for the insurgency in the north of their country to end Process_end .

The neighboring Sénégal River Area contains Containing various vegetation types and covers parts or all of Mauritania , Mali , Senegal and Guinea .

The Tuareg Rebellion of 2012 was an early stage of the Northern Mali conflict Hostile_encounter ; from January to April 2012 , a war was waged against the Malian government by rebels with the goal of attaining Getting independence for the northern region of Mali , known as Azawad .

The Tuareg Rebellion of 2012 was an early stage of the Northern Mali conflict Hostile_encounter ; from January to April 2012 , a war was waged against the Malian government by rebels with the goal of attaining Getting independence for the northern region of Mali , known as Azawad .

Mutineering soldiers , under the banner of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State , ( CNRDR ) suspended Process_end the constitution of Mali , although this move was reversed Change on 1 April .

As a consequence of the instability following the coup , Northern Mali 's three largest cities—Kidal , Gao and Timbuktu—were overrun by the rebels on three consecutive days .

The following day , it proclaimed Statement Azawad 's independence Change_of_leadership from Mali .

Operation Military_operation Serval ( ) was a French military operation Military_operation in Mali .

The aim Aiming of the operation Military_operation was to oust Removing Islamic militants from the north of Mali , who had begun Process_start a push Self_motion into the center of Mali .

The aim Aiming of the operation Military_operation was to oust Removing Islamic militants from the north of Mali , who had begun Process_start a push Self_motion into the center of Mali .

The South African team was eliminated Removing in the quarter-finals by Mali , following a penalty shoot-out Motion .

The coup Change_of_leadership was followed Bringing by `` unanimous '' international condemnation Judgment_communication , harsh sanctions by Mali 's neighbors , and the swift loss Earnings_and_losses of northern Mali to Tuareg forces , leading Causation Reuters to describe Communication the coup Change_of_leadership as `` a spectacular own-goal '' .

The coup Change_of_leadership was followed Bringing by `` unanimous '' international condemnation Judgment_communication , harsh sanctions by Mali 's neighbors , and the swift loss Earnings_and_losses of northern Mali to Tuareg forces , leading Causation Reuters to describe Communication the coup Change_of_leadership as `` a spectacular own-goal '' .

In 2012 , AQIM and Islamist allies captured Conquering the northern half of Mali , until being fought Hostile_encounter back less than a year later following a French-led foreign intervention Preventing_or_letting , which was succeeded by the Sahel-wide Operation Barkhane .

The Internal conflict Hostile_encounter in Azawad has been a two-year-long insurgency Military_operation in Northern Mali between a pro-independence ultra Nationalist group , the MNLA and a coalition of Islamists terror groups .

The conflict began Process_start when Northern Mali declared Expressing_publicly itself independent from the government creating Creating the un-recognized state of Azawad .

The beginning Process_start of 2013 led Causation the start Process_start of the French intervention in Mali that ousted Change_of_leadership the Islamists from the North 's cities and brought Bringing back Malian authority .

The Northern Mali Conflict , Mali Civil War , or Mali War refers to armed conflicts Hostile_encounter that started Process_start from January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa .

The Northern Mali Conflict , Mali Civil War , or Mali War refers to armed conflicts Hostile_encounter that started Process_start from January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa .

The Northern Mali Conflict , Mali Civil War , or Mali War refers to armed conflicts Hostile_encounter that started Process_start from January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa .

The Northern Mali Conflict , Mali Civil War , or Mali War refers to armed conflicts Hostile_encounter that started Process_start from January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa .

On 16 January 2012 , several insurgent groups began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali , an area of northern Mali they called Name_conferral Azawad .

On 16 January 2012 , several insurgent groups began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali , an area of northern Mali they called Name_conferral Azawad .

The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad ( MNLA ) , an organization fighting Hostile_encounter to make this area of Mali an independent homeland for the Tuareg people , had taken control Control of the region by April 2012 .

Mutinous soldiers , calling Name_conferral themselves the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State ( CNRDR ) , took control Control and suspended Process_end the constitution of Mali .

As a consequence of the instability following Self_motion the coup , Mali 's three largest northern cities—Kidal , Gao and Timbuktu—were overrun Control by the rebels on three consecutive days .

The following day , it proclaimed Statement the independence of northern Mali from the rest of the country , renaming Name_conferral it Azawad .

After the Malian military was driven Self_motion from northern Mali , Ansar Dine and a number of smaller Islamist groups began Process_start imposing strict Sharia law .

By 17 July 2012 , the MNLA had lost Earnings_and_losses control Control of most of northern Mali 's cities to the Islamists .

The government of Mali asked Request for foreign military help Assistance to re-take the north .