The following lists events that happened during 2025 in Mali.
Incumbents
- President: Assimi Goïta
- Prime Minister: Abdoulaye Maïga
- National Committee for the Salvation of the People:
- Chairman: Colonel Assimi Goïta
- Spokesman: Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué
Events
January
- 20 January – The Azawad Liberation Front releases a Spanish national who was abducted in southern Algeria by a "transnational mafia" on 17 January and taken to Indelimane in the Ménaka Region, where he was rescued.
- 22 January – Niger announces the creation of a joint military force with Burkina Faso and Mali to combat extremist groups.
- 29 January –
- Mali, along with Burkina Faso and Niger, formally leave ECOWAS.
- An unspecified number of miners are killed in a landslide at a gold mine in Koulikoro Region.
February
- 7 February – At least 56 people are killed in a gun attack on a convoy in Kobe, near Gao.
- 15 February – At least 42 people are killed in the collapse of a gold mine near Kéniéba, Kayes Region.
- 17 February – The Azawad Liberation Front accuses the Malian Army and the Wagner Group of killing 24 civilians in an attack on a convoy traveling from Gao to Algeria.
March
- 5 March – The government suspends the licenses of foreign artisanal gold mining companies in response to the series of disasters in gold mines.
- 16 March – The Collective for the Defense of the Rights of the Azawad People accuses the Malian army of carrying out an airstrike on a market north of Lerneb in Tombouctou Region that killed 18 civilians. In response, the army says it had killed 11 "terrorists".
- 18 March – Mali withdraws from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, citing "selective application of sanctions" and "contempt for Mali’s sovereignty".
April
- 6 April – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali withdraw their ambassadors from Algeria as part of protests against claims by Algiers that it had shot down a drone near the Malian border on 31 March.
Holidays
Source:
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 20 January – Armed Forces Day
- 26 March – Martyrs' Day
- 30 March – Korité
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 25 May – Africa Day
- 7 June – Tabaski
- 5 September – The Prophet's Birthday
- 12 September – Prophet's Baptism
- 22 September – Independence Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
- 19 February: Souleymane Cissé, 84, film director (Yeelen, The Young Girl, Waati).
- 4 April: Amadou Bagayoko, 70, guitarist and singer.
See also
- African Continental Free Trade Area
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- Economic Community of West African States
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States
References
External links
- Online calendar
