2024 in Mali

Events in the year 2024 in Mali.

Incumbents

 * President: Assimi Goïta
 * Prime Minister: Choguel Kokalla Maïga
 * National Committee for the Salvation of the People:
 * Chairman: Colonel Assimi Goïta
 * Spokesman: Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué

January

 * 19 January – At least 73 people die after an artisanal gold mine collapses in Kangaba.
 * 19 January – Mali, along with Niger and Burkina Faso, announce their withdrawal from ECOWAS, accusing it of abandoning "the ideals of its founding fathers and pan-Africanism" under foreign influence and imposing "inhumane" sanctions to overthrow their military regimes.

February

 * 19 February – A bus collides with a truck between Kessedougou and Ouan, killing 15 people and injuring 46.
 * 26 February – ECOWAS lifted its sanctions on Mali.
 * 27 February – A bus falls off a bridge in Koumantou, killing 31 people and injuring ten.

March

 * 7 March – The Alliance of Sahel States, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, announce the creation of a joint force between the three countries to combat jihadist groups in the three countries.

April

 * 11 April – The ruling junta issues a decree suspending all political activities until further notice, citing concerns over public order. It also orders a media ban on covering such issues.
 * 16 April – At least 110 people are abducted by suspected Islamist militants from three buses travelling near Bandiagara.
 * 28 April – Abu Huzeifa, a leader of Islamic State in West Africa, is killed in a military operation in Indelimane, Ménaka Region.

June

 * 8 June – At least 22 miners are killed after a tunnel collapses at a mine in Kalana.
 * 20–29 June – Around 46 civilians are killed in an attack on the village of Abeibara in Kidal Region. Community leaders and civil society organisations blame the attack on the Malian military and the Wagner Group.
 * 26 June – The International Criminal Court convicts Ansar Dine member al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz of war crimes committed during the group's occupation of Timbuktu from 2012 to 2013.

July

 * 1 July – Around 40 people are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on the village of Djiguibombo in Mopti Region.
 * 2 July – Hamari Traore is suspended as captain of the Mali national football team by the Malian Football Federation for "inciting rebellion" in the national team following his June letter denouncing "poor management" and lack of professionalism in the federation.
 * 10 July – The junta lifts the suspension on activities by political parties and political associations that it had imposed in April.

Scheduled events

 * 2024 Malian presidential election

Holidays
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 * 1 January - New Year's Day
 * 20 January - Armed Forces Day
 * 26 March - Martyrs' Day
 * 1 April - Easter Monday
 * 10 April – Korité
 * 1 May - Labour Day
 * 25 May - Africa Day
 * 17 June – Tabaski
 * 15 September – The Prophet's Birthday
 * 22 September - Independence Day
 * 23 September - Prophet's Baptism
 * 25 December - Christmas Day