List of conflicts in Mali
# List of conflicts in Mali

## Medieval Times

### 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
* 1440 — 1490 The empire on the defensive
   * The Portuguese
   * Songhai hegemony
   * Tengela War
* 1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali empire
   * Songhay hegemony in the Sahel
   * The Songhay respite and the battle for Bambuk
   * The Rise of the Kaabu Empire
   * The Sack of Niani
   * Further losses
   * April 26, 1599 Battle of Jenné

### Songhai Empire

* 1440 — 1490 The Mali Empire on the Defensive
   * The Portuguese
   * Songhai hegemony
   * Tengela War
* 1500 — 1600 Collapse of the Mali Empire
   * Songhay hegemony in the Sahel
   * The Songhay respite and the Battle for Bambuk
   * The Rise of the Kaabu Empire
   * The Sack of Niani
   * Further losses
   * April 26, 1599 Battle of Jenné
* 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

## Modern Times

### Massina Empire

* 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

### 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
