Tuareg rebellion (2012): 2012 coup Internal conflict in Azawad: Foreign intervention: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 The battle of the Wagadou Forest occurred on April 5, 2024, when clashes broke out between the Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA) against Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) in the Wagadou forest, on the border between Mali and Mauritania.

The Wagadou forest, located on the Malian-Mauritanian border, has been a hub of JNIM and previously Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) activity since the early 2000s.

[1][2] RFI reported that around ten to twenty people were killed on both sides, and exact tolls are unknown.

[2][3] Following the battle, HCUA secretary-general Alghabass Ag Intalla reached out to JNIM on behalf of the CSP to propose a non-aggression agreement.

[3] The agreement allowed for the free movement of fighters on both sides and the sharing of intelligence regarding the Malian Army and the Wagner Group, although did not permit joint CSP-JNIM attacks.