Key facts

Date	24 February 2012	Wikidata
Year	2012	Wikidata P585 (point in time)
Era	Post-1945 (1946 onwards)	derived from year
Location	Mali	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Africa	Natural Earth
War / conflict	2012 Tuareg rebellion	Wikidata P361
Coordinates	15.2167, -0.3000	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The MLNA separatists ambushed a convoy defended by Malian soldiers and Tuareg militia commanded by captain Ahmadou Ag Badi. The latter fled after an hour of fighting. Another MNLA mobile unit then began chasing them about 50 kilometers to the outskirts of the town of In Tillit. The MNLA said it ignored the Malian losses because of the large extent of the scene of the fighting, however, it considers that the latter have suffered loss of life and material and also stated that it had no loss in its ranks.

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