Above: Jihadists during fighting in the streets of Gao.
Date
26–28 June 2012
Location
Gao
Result
Decisive Islamist victory
Effective end of the self-proclaimed State of Azawad[1]
Ansar Dine and MOJWA take over the largest cities of Azawad and the headquarters of the MNLA
Timbuktu World Heritage Site destroyed by Islamists
Belligerents
Azawad
MNLA
Islamists
MOJWA
AQIM
Ansar Dine
Boko Haram
Commanders and leaders
Bilal Ag Acherif (WIA) Colonel Bouna Ag Tahib † Machkanani Ag Balla Colonel Wari Ag Ibrahim †
Mokhtar Belmokhtar Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi Abdelhamid Abou Zeid
Strength
140–2,000
500+
Casualties and losses
4 killed 10 wounded 40 captured[1][2]
36 killed 14 wounded[1][2]
35 killed overall, including 3 Niger fighters, and 41 wounded[1]
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Mali War
Timeline
ICC investigation
Tuareg rebellion (2012):
1st Ménaka
1st Aguelhok
Tin-Hama
In Emsal
1st Andéramboukane
1st Tessalit
Niafunké
Tinzaouaten
Tinsalane
1st Goumakoura
1st Tessit
Sudere
1st Kidal
2012 coup
2012 counter-coup attempt
Djicoroni
Internal conflict in Azawad:
1st Timbuktu
1st Gao
1st In-Delimane
Tagarangabotte
2nd Ménaka
Khalil
In Arab
Foreign intervention:
Operation Serval
AFISMA
Chadian military intervention
EUTM
MINUSMA
Konna
2nd Gao
Diabaly
3rd Gao
4th Gao
Ifoghas
Panther
5th Gao
In Khalil
Timetrine
1st Kidal attack
Imenas
Tin Keraten
Tigharghâr
1st Djebok
2nd Timbuktu
6th Gao
3rd Timbuktu
2nd Kidal attack
1st Ber
Hamakouladji
1st Anéfis
2nd Anéfis
Fooïta
Douaya
2nd Tessalit
Amazragane
1st Araouane
3rd Kidal attack
2014
Kondaoui
Tamkoutat
1st Ametettai
Dayet
Inabohane and Ebahlal
2nd Kidal
2nd Aguelhok
3rd Anéfis
1st Tabankort
2nd Indelimane
2nd Ametettai
N'Tillit
2nd Tabankort
2015
1st Nampala
Ténenkou
3rd Tabankort
Tabrichat
Bamako restaurant
4th Kidal attack
1st Léré
Tin Telout
Nara
Takoumbaout
Sama Forest
1st Gourma-Rharous
Sévaré hotel
4th Anéfis
Tiébanda
Bamako hotel
5th Kidal attack
1st Talahandak
2016
Wanna
3rd Aguelhok
Sévaré
2nd Nampala
3rd Kidal
Touzik
Adjlal
2nd Goumakoura
Kazay-Kazay
2017
6th Gao
1st Boulikessi
2nd Gourma-Rharous
Foulsaré Forest
1st Dogofry
1st Serma Forest
Bintagoungou
Kangaba
Inkadogotane
2nd Djebok
Takellote
4th Timbuktu
Tin Biden
3rd Indelimane
2018
4th In-Delimane
Youwarou
Soumpi
Inaghalawass
2nd Araouane
Akabar
5th Timbuktu
Aklaz and Awkassa
1st Talataye
Tabarde
1st Boni
Inabelbel
Soumouni
2nd Dogofry
Ndaki
2nd Ber
Farimake
Tinabaw and Tabangout-Tissalatatene
Abanguilou
2019
Koulogon
2nd Serma Forest
Taghatert and West Inekar
4th Aguelhok
Elakla
Dialloubé
Diankabou
1st Dioura
Ogossagou
Tiésaba-Bourgou
Guiré
Sobane Da
Gangafani and Yoro
Fafa
2nd Boulikessi
5th In-Delimane
4th Tabankort
3rd Ménaka
Wagadou Forest
2020
Dioungani
Sokolo
1st Tarkint
1st Bamba
2nd Talahandak
Bouka Weré
Bankass
Coup
Farabougou
Sokoura
3rd Boulikessi
Tadamakat
Niaki
2021
Wedding airstrike
Boulikessi and Mondoro
2nd Boni
2nd Tessit
5th Aguelhok
Coup
2nd Tarkint
Karou and Ouatagouna
Dangarous Forest
Nokara
Bodio
Mopti
2022
Archam
Danguèrè Wotoro
Mondoro
Ménaka
2nd Andéramboukane
3rd Tessit
2nd Talataye
Tadjalalt and Haroum
Moura
Hombori
Mopti Region
Diallassagou
Bandiagara
2023
Markacoungo
5th Timbuktu
3rd Ber
September attacks
Bourem
2nd Léré
2nd Dioura
2nd Bamba
The Battle of Gao was fought between the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and the Islamist Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA), along with its ally Ansar Dine, in Gao between 26–28 June 2012.[1] By the 28 June, Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal, the three biggest cities in the disputed secessionist region of Azawad within what is recognised as Malian territory, were under the control of Ansar Dine and its Islamist allies.
Two days later, parts of the World Heritage Site of Timbuktu had started to be destroyed, amid condemnation by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mali and France. This was followed by criticism within the region and internationally with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
suggesting it could send an armed intervention force into the country and the International Criminal Court (ICC) following Mali's lead in terming the acts as "war crimes." While MNLA also criticised the Islamists for holding civilians and destroying the structures, Ansar Dine said that the destruction was due to violation of sharia (their Najdi interpretation) and in reaction to UNESCO's labeling of the sites of Timbuktu and in Gao as "in danger."
^ abcde"Mali: au moins 35 morts dans les affrontements islamistes/Touareg à Gao" (in French). Agence France-Presse. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
^ ab"Islamists seize north Mali town, at least 21 dead in clashes".
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