List of wars involving Mali explained

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Mali.

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Tuareg Rebellion of 1962–1964
(1962–1964)
MaliTuareg Tribal and Clan GroupsVictory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Agacher Strip War
(1985)
Mali Burkina FasoVictory
  • Division of Agacher
Tuareg Rebellion of 1990–1995
(1990–1995)
Mali
Niger
Ganda Koy
Arab Islamic Front of Azawad (FIAA)
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MPLA)
United Movements and Fronts of Azawad (MFUA)
Front for the Liberation of Aïr and Azaouak (FLAA)
Front for the Liberation of Tamoust (FLT)
CRA & ORA coalitions (1994–1995)
Stalemate
  • 1995 peace accords
Tuareg Rebellion of 2007–2009
(2007–2009)
Mali
Niger
ADC
ATMNC (2008 split)
Niger Movement for Justice
Front of Forces for Rectification (2008 split)
Niger Patriotic Front (2009 split)
Stalemate
  • Peace deals brokered by Mali in August 2008 and February 2009
  • Ceasefire and amnesty declared in Niger in May 2009
  • Integration of some rebels into the military
Tuareg Rebellion of 2012
(2012)
Mali
FLNA
Ganda Iso


Ansar Dine
MOJWA

Defeat
  • Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré is outed by a coup d'état
  • MNLA and Ansar Dine take control of all Northern Mali territory
  • Independent state of Azawad declared by the MNLA and initially supported by Ansar Dine
  • Conflict between the MNLA and Ansar Dine (the latter receiving support from AQIM and MOJWA).
Mali War
(2012–present)
Mali
France
Turkey
Chad
Nigeria

Ansar Dine
AQIM
Ongoing
  • Partial defeat of the Islamists and ceasefire with the MNLA

See also