| 5,659,092 |
14.4547 |
-9.1442 |
Mali |
|
Mauritanian forces destroy a AQLM base in western Mali. AQLM chief reportedly killed. |
| 5,659,096 |
14.4417 |
-11.4341 |
Mali |
|
Mauritania's army conducted an air raid to prevent a planned attack by al-Qaida-linked insurgents Thursday in a forest just across the border in Mali, where the group has a cell, the Mauritanian ministry of defense said. |
| 5,659,100 |
15.27901 |
-1.69783 |
Mali |
|
A gang of armed men kidnapped two French nationals from their hotel in northeastern Mali overnight. The assailants are unknown initially, but are learned to be AQLM several days later. |
| 5,659,104 |
16.7667 |
-3.0167 |
Mali |
|
Four Europeans are abducted by AQLM gunmen at a restaurant, one killed. All other tourists were evacuated from the city after these events. |
| 5,659,107 |
12.65 |
-8 |
Mali |
|
Hundreds gather to protest constitutional reforms believing these actions would take away many of their rights as citizens. |
| 5,659,111 |
15.27901 |
-1.69783 |
Mali |
|
Special forces arrest several members of AQIM who they believe are responsible for kidnapping two Frenchmen in November. |
| 5,659,115 |
15.27901 |
-1.69783 |
Mali |
|
A hotel manager and a guide have been arrested in Mali for involvement in the abduction of two Frenchmen in the northern town of Hombori last month. Authorities believe they are involved in AQIM. |
| 5,659,119 |
16.7667 |
-3.0167 |
Mali |
|
Armed men from the Polisario Front -- a group seeking the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco -- killed a man and abducted three others in northern Mali. |
| 5,659,123 |
19.11667 |
1.75 |
Mali |
|
AQIM attacks a newly build military base, no report of causalities. |
| 5,659,127 |
16.7667 |
-3.0167 |
Mali |
|
AQIM publically threatened five kidnapped Europeans with death if there were any efforts by the west or the Malian government to rescue them. |
