Rappel key dates in Mali since the fall of the North at the hands of armed Islamist groups, which occupy entirely from juin.
Le north is occupied by Ansar Dine, composed mainly of Tuareg from Mali, and especially foreign jihadists of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Movement for the uniqueness and jihad in West Africa (Mujao) who impose a strict interpretation of the charia.
--2012--
-30 March-1 April: The Tuareg rebellion and armed Islamist groups allied with AQIM took control of the capitals of the three northern regions of Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu. But the Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA, independence) that had launched the offensive in mid-January in this region are displaced by the islamistes.
Le northern Mali, a vast majority of desert, is cut off from the rest of pays.
Un military coup overthrew in Bamako on March 22 the regime of President Amadou Toumani Touré, long accused by its neighbors have been lax in the fight against AQIM. The junta relied on the failure of the rebellion against the regime to justify its putsch.
-April 13: Dioncounda Traoré is invested interim president, under an agreement between the junta and the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) for the return to civilian rule. He threatened a "total war and implacable" Tuareg rebels and Islamist groups in Nord.
-June 27-28: AQIM and its allies Mujao Ansar Dine and crush the rebels MNLA Gao and Timbuktu the hunt and its surroundings. The MNLA, combined with the beginning of his offensive Islamist groups and marginalized, no longer controls any stronghold in this région.
Dès the next day, armed Islamists become the absolute masters of the North begin the destruction of shrines of Muslim saints Timbuktu, in retaliation for the decision to classify the Unesco World Heritage city at risk. They require rigorous sharia stoning, amputations, flogging against unmarried couples, smokers, drinkers and non-arrest of women voilées.
-October 12: UN Resolution preparing the deployment of a military force and giving 45 days to West African countries, which constitute the core, to clarify their plans. On November 11, leaders of ECOWAS and other African countries decided to send 3,300 soldiers to a year to assist the Malian army hunting Islamist groups Nord.
-December 11: Resignation forced Cheick Modibo Diarra's prime minister, under pressure from officers authors of the coup of March. His successor, Diango Cissoko is named lendemain.
-December 20: The Security Council of the UN gave the green light for the deployment of an international force in Mali without setting a specific timetable for the reconquest of the North. The resolution emphasizes the parallel dialogue with armed groups in the North who reject terrorism and partition pays.
--2013--
-January 10: The Islamists seized the town of Konna (center) 70 km from Mopti, threatening to continue their offensive south, after several days of clashes with the army, the first nine months.
Malian President
Le request military aid from France while the Security Council calls a "rapid deployment" force internationale.
Des witnesses tell AFP that military planes carrying weapons and foreign troops arrived in Sévaré (70 km south of Konna) .
-January 11: French President François Hollande said in the morning that France will respond within the strict framework of the United Nations to request for help Bamako, opposite the "blatant aggression" of islamistes.
-The Malian army launches offensive against, with assistance from France and other European countries, according to sources Malian Konna.
to resume
-Paris asks its nationals to leave the unnecessary Mali.
-EU deems necessary acceleration commitment international.
-troops Nigerian, Senegalese and French work alongside the Malian army (responsible for the Malian army) .
-In the late afternoon, Francois Holland confirms the commitment of French forces in Mali, Friday "afternoon" saying the operation against "terrorists" last "time required". He added that the French Parliament will be "seized on Monday" .
-A Bamako, Dioncounda Traoré must go to the Friday night Nation.