SubSaharan Africa 417
Participants: 433 Senegal/420 Gambia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Senegal reinforced its border with additional troops to prevent Casamance
rebels from crossing the border from Gambia.
432 Mali/435 Mauritania
MID#1410
Dispute Number: 1410
Date(s): July 23, 1962
Participants: 435 Mauritania/432 Mali
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: There was a brief exchange of fire between police forces from Mali and
Mauritania. A rapprochement between the two countries followed soon after this inci-
dent, though the negotiations were not connected to the dispute.
Coding changes: Fatalities changed from Missing.
MID#4364
Dispute Number: 4364
Date(s): December 26, 2003
Participants: 432 Mali/435 Mauritania
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Mali went on alert amid reports of Islamic rebels infiltrating the country
from Mauritania.
432 Mali/436 Niger
MID#4308
Dispute Number: 4308
Date(s): February 8, 1993
Participants: 436 Niger/432 Mali
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Troops from Niger chased rebels across its border with Mali. Forces from
Mali then opened fire.