2022 in Mali
Events in the year 2022 in Mali. Incumbents President: Assimi Goïta Prime Minister: Choguel Kokalla Maïga (until August 21,starting December 5) ; Abdoulaye Maïga (August 21 to December 5) National Committee for the Salvation of the People: Chairman: Colonel Assimi Goïta Spokesman: Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Mali and Mali War January to March January 2 – The United States cuts off Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali from the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade preference program citing their human rights abuses and anti-democratic actions. January 9 – The West African nations of the 15-member bloc ECOWAS suspend diplomatic relations with Mali and announce that they are closing their borders with and imposing economic sanctions on Mali in response to an "unacceptable delay" to the country's next general election. January 14 – Operation Barkhane: Sweden announces that it will withdraw its troops from a French-led special forces mission in Mali later this year, in response to Mali's ruling military junta inviting private Russian military contractors to fight Islamist rebels. The deployment was originally expected to end in 2024. January 23 – A French soldier is killed in a mortar attack on a military camp in Gao, northern