Ansongo is a rural commune and small town in the Gao Region of eastern Mali. The town lies on the left bank of the Niger River 90 km south of Gao. It...
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Ansongo Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Gao Region of Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the town of Ansongo. The Niger River...
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Ansongo Airport (ICAO: GAAO) (French: Aéroport Ansongo) is an airport serving Ansongo in Mali. Portals: Mali Aviation 15°42′00″N 0°30′00″E / 15.70000°N...
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Ménaka offensive (section Ansongo offensive)
arrested prior to the Ansongo and Tessit attacks, were executed as well. The Coordination of Azawad Movements denounced the Ansongo massacre, and gave a...
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October 2022, IS's Sahel province captured the rural committee and town of Ansongo in Mali. The group has attracted widespread criticism internationally for...
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the Mali War, occupying large swathes of territory in southeastern Mali. Ansongo and Tidermène were also captured by the group. By mid-2023, the militant...
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Burkina Faso, and in the Haoussa Foulane, Badji Haoussa, Guezou Haoussa, and Ansongo districts of northeastern Mali (where it is designated as a minority language...
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The road to the south runs along the left bank of the river. The town of Ansongo is 103 km (65 mi) from Gao. The border with Niger is just south of the...
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rebels seized control of Kidal, the capital of Kidal Region, as well as Ansongo and Bourem in Gao Region. On 31 March, Gao fell to the rebels, and both...
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Cercle name Area (km2) Population Census 1998 Population Census 2009 Ansongo 23,614 82,398 132,205 Bourem 43,000 80,667 115,958 Gao 31,250 143,300 239...
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the town of Gourma-Rharous, east of Timbuktu, through Bourem, Gao and Ansongo to the Mali–Niger border. The expression "koyra-boro senn-i" denotes "the...
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around Timbuktu dialects spoken by certain groups in the Gourma of Gao and Ansongo The Tamasheq language has seven vowels in total: two frontal vowels /i/...
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130 157 1,399,238 1929 1,086.7 34 Niamey 1,420 176 791,121 1929 893.4 28 Ansongo 1,770 241 647,527 1949 806.8 26 Gao 1,860 245 549,876 1947 875.6 28 Timbuktu...
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area of operations was in north Mali, near towns such as Tessalit and Ansongo. The group's establishment was announced by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, though...
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District) and 667 rural communes. The cercles are listed below. Bamako Ansongo Cercle Bourem Cercle Gao Cercle Bafoulabé Cercle Diema Cercle Kita Cercle...
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Coordinates: 14°58′10″N 0°42′16″E / 14.96944°N 0.70444°E / 14.96944; 0.70444 Country Mali Region Gao Region Cercle Ansongo Cercle Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)...
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Berbers centered on Ménaka and Inékar town in Ménaka Region and Talataye in Ansongo Cercle of the Gao Region of northeastern Mali. They speak the Northern...
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civilian leadership of the movement. Amadou Diallo was reportedly killed in Ansongo, in a battle against MNLA rebels on 25 March 2012. On 1 September 2012...
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abuses against the Idarfan population in the In Alabadje area east of Ansongo. They would be accused of being close to the ISIS. Both organizations now...
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Tessit is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,717...
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the attack, a MINUSMA convoy was carrying out a supply mission between Ansongo and Ménaka. When the convoy arrived near the village of Indelimane, the...
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and overran all remaining MNLA held towns by 12 July with the fall of Ansongo. In December 2012, the MNLA agreed on Mali's national unity and territorial...
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Arrondissements of Mali (section Ansongo Cercle)
by region and cercle: No Arrondissements: Six numbered Urban Communes Ansongo Bara Bourra Ouattagouna Talataye Tessit Tin Hama Bamba Bourem Taboye Tarkint...
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territorial integrity." On the same day, the MNLA took control of the cities of Ansongo and Bourem in the Gao region, as the army said it was leaving its positions...
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convoy of Malian vehicles and soldiers planned to depart the base towards Ansongo when the attack was carried out, the surprise of which splintered the Malian...
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orchestrated a prison break in July, near Abuja. In October 2022, the town of Ansongo was captured by IS's Sahel province. IS militants in Syria issued a threat...
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April 27 – ISIL claimed an ambush on a group of Malian soldiers in the Ansongo region. At least 3 Malian soldiers were killed in the attack. May 1 – A...
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but they came up against the Islamists forces of MUJAO and AQIM between Ansongo and Gao. On the morning of the first day, Tuareg independence forces were...
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hotbed of ISGS activity. The Malian army sent out reinforcements from Ansongo and Labbezanga, and later French forces were dispatched. Clashes broke...
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Philippines actually does so, leaving China in effective possession. 12 July Ansongo, the last town controlled by the State of Azawad, is conquered by Ansar...
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