SubSaharan Africa 419
MID#3629
Dispute Number: 3629
Date(s): June 22, 1986
Participants: 432 Mali/439 Burkina Faso
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Sources from Burkina Faso reported that Mali had massed troops at the
border. Malian authorities said that their forces had not crossed Mali borders and were
intended only as protection for Mali’s border. The countries decided to submit their
border dispute to the International Court of Justice.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from June 23, 1986. End Date changed from
Missing. Fatalities changed from Missing.
432 Mali/615 Algeria
MID#4361
Dispute Number: 4361
Date(s): October 4, 2003
Participants: 615 Algeria/432 Mali
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Algerian fighters violated Malian airspace.
433 Senegal/435 Mauritania
MID#3910
Dispute Number: 3910
Date(s): April 9, 1989
Participants: 435 Mauritania/433 Senegal
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On April 9, 1989, Mauritanian forces crossed the Senegal River and killed
two villagers, injured five, and seven were reported missing. Eighteen were taken hos-
tage. After this incident, riots occurred in both Senegal and Mauritania, killing foreign
nationals from across the border. Senegal warned Mauritania because of its lack of
ability to protect Senegalese in Mauritania. On April 26, Morocco sent a reconciliation
mission to the presidents of Mauritania and Senegal.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from April 10, 1989. End Date changed from
April 27, 1989.