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List of conflicts in Mali

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Location of Mali in Africa.

Medieval Times

The location of the Sosso Empire in West Africa

Sosso Empire

c. 970 — c. 1240 Decline of the Ghana Empire
- c. 1,075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire
- c. 1100 — c. 1235 Aftermath and Sosso Occupation
c. 1217 — c. 1230 Pre-imperial expansion of the Mali Empire
- c. 1217 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Sundiata Keita
  - c. 1235 Battle of Kirina
- c. 1217 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Fakoli and Fran

Mali Empire

1235 — 1230 Pre-imperial expansion
- c. 1235 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Sundiata Keita
  - c. 1235 Battle of Kirina
- c. 1235 — c. 1255 Campaigns of Fakoli and Fran
1235 — 1250 Early imperial expansion of the Mali Empire
- 1235 — 1255 Tiramakhan's western campaign
- 1255 — 1270 Expansion under Mansa Ouali I
- Civil war and rebellion
- 1285 — 1300 Re-conquest and expansion under Mansa Sakura
1300 — 1337 The empire at its zenith
1337 — 1440 The fragmenting empire
- 1337 — 1440 The secession of Gao and the Mossi raids
- The Jolof Empire
- 1374 The Eastern Revolt
- c. 1400 The Sandaki usurpation and second Mossi raid
- The Diawara Revolt
- c. 1433 The Tuareg invasion

Approximate extent of the Mali Empire, next to the Songhai Empire, c. 1350

1440 — 1490 The empire on the defensive
1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali empire

The Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire and surrounding states, c. 1530

Songhai Empire

1440 — 1490 The Mali Empire on the Defensive
1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali Empire
1578 — 1603 Campaigns of Ahmad al-Mansur of the Saadi dynasty of Morocco
- October 16, 1590 — March 13, 1591 Songhai campaign
  - March 13, 1591 Battle of Tondibi
April 26, 1599 Battle of Jenné

Map of the Pashalik of Timbuktu (yellow-striped) as part of the Saadi dynasty of Morocco (outlined black) within the Songhai Empire (outlined red), c. 1591

Modern Times

Massina Empire

The Fulani Jihad States of West Africa, c. 1830

c. 1776 — April 20, 1845 Campaigns of Seku Amadu
- 1810 — 1818 Jihad of Seku Amadu

Toucouleur Empire

c. 1797 — 1864 Campaigns of El Hadj Umar Tall
- 1848 — 1864 Initial conquests
  - 1659 — 1958 French colonisation in Africa
    - April 1857 Siege of Medina Fort
- March 10, 1861 — March 16, 1862 Conquest of the Bamana Empire
  - March 10, 1861 Battle of Segou

The greatest extent of the Toucouleur Empire at the time of El Hadj Umar Tall's death in 1864

Wassoulou Empire

1883 — 1886 Mandingo Wars

Republic of Mali

1916 — 2012 Tuareg rebellions
- 1962 — 1964 First Tuareg rebellion
1985 Agacher Strip War
1990 — 1995 Azawad insurgency and Malian civil war
October 7, 2001 — ongoing War on Terror
- 2002 — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
  - February 6, 2007 — ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara
  - February 2007 — May 2009 Second Tuareg rebellion
  - December 8, 2010 — ongoing Arab Spring
    - 2012 — ongoing Northern Mali conflict
      - 2012 — Third Tuareg Rebellion
        January 18, 2012 — March 11, 2012 Battle of Tessalit
        
        January 17, 2012 — January 25, 2012 Battle of Aguelhok
        
        February 7, 2012 — February 8, 2012 Battle of Tinzaouaten
      - March 21, 2012 — April 8, 2012 Malian coup d'état
      - June 27, 2012 — ongoing Internal conflict in Azawad
        June 26, 2012 — June 27, 2012 Battle of Gao
        
        November 16, 2012 — November 20, 2012 Battle of Menaka
        
        February 22, 2013 — February 23, 2013 Battle of Khalil
        
        March 29, 2013 — March 30, 2013 Battle of In Arab
      - January 11, 2013 — ongoing Operation Serval

See also

v t e List of conflicts in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)