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Conflict Africa

Northern Mali Conflict (Tuareg Rebellion)

2012 CE – 2013 CE · 1 year

Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants seized northern Mali after a military coup, prompting French military intervention that pushed back the insurgents but failed to stabilize the region.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • MNLA Tuareg rebels, Ansar Dine Islamists
  • Malian government, France (Operation Serval)

Key moments

Defining events in the Northern Mali Conflict (Tuareg Rebellion).

  1. 2012 Fall of Timbuktu
  2. 2013 Battle of Konna
  3. 2013 French intervention at Gao

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2012 CE and 2013 CE.

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And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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