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''' Gossi ''' is a town and [[Communes of Mali|rural commune]] in the [[Gourma-Rharous Cercle|Cercle of Gourma-Rharous]] of the [[Tombouctou Region]] of [[Mali]], lying northeast of [[Hombori]] and southwest of [[Gao]]. The town is just to the west of the main RN15 highway that links [[Mopti]] with Gao. It is on a seasonal lake, [[Mare de Gossi]], and is surrounded by [[nature reserve]]s in which a large herd of [[elephant]]s live.

The town is the site of a large cattle [[market (place)|market]]. The commune contains around 31 villages and in the 2009 census, it had a population of 24,521. Around 90% of the population are nomadic pastoralists but there are permanent settlements around [[Lake Gossi]], [[Lake Ebanguemalène]] and [[Lake Agoufou]].<ref name="USAID">{{citation | title=Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Gossi 2006-2010 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2006 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/tombouctou/gourma_rharous/psa_gossi.pdf | language=French | access-date=2012-05-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913110207/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/tombouctou/gourma_rharous/psa_gossi.pdf | archive-date=2012-09-13 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ag Ahmed |first=Mohamed Ali |last2=Hamelin-Brabant |first2=Louise |last3=Gagnon |first3=Marie-Pierre |date=2019-12-01 |title=Nomads' perceptions of quality, accessibility, and affordability of health services as determinants of using skilled birth attendants in Gossi, Mali |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613819302475 |journal=Midwifery |volume=79 |article-number=102556 |doi=10.1016/j.midw.2019.102556 |issn=0266-6138|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The French Military ceded its control of a base in Gossi to the Malian Army in April 2022.<ref>Oxford Analytica. "France will reduce its West African military footprint." ''Emerald Expert Briefings'' oxan-db (2022).</ref>

== Incidents ==
In May of 2013, the bodies of two [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] men were found just outside of Gossi. Just hours earlier they were stripped naked and trampled on by soldiers, only to be released at the request of a soldier who was a relative. The Minister of Defence attributed the killings to the [[Ganda Iso|Ganda Koy]]- a militia that works with the support of local authorities.<ref>House, Freedom. "Mali." ''Last modified July'' 31 (2013).</ref>

On 24 July 2014, a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] aircraft flying [[Air Algérie]] Flight 5017 [[Air Algérie Flight 5017|crashed]] southeast of Gossi with 116 people on board. The flight had left [[Ouagadougou]] and was headed to [[Algiers]].  Initial reports suggested a [[sandstorm]] might have been to blame.<ref name=BBC>{{citation | title= Algeria passenger plane wreckage found in Mali | publisher=BBC News Africa | date=24 July 2014 | url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28475335 }}</ref> Gossi was also the site of the capture of Mimi Ould Baba Ould El Mokhtar, believed to be responsible for [[2016 Grand-Bassam shootings|a terrorist attack in Grand-Bassam]], by [[French Armed Forces|French military forces]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20170112-ivory-coast-france-resort-attack-arrest-mali |publisher=[[France24]] |title=Alleged mastermind of Ivorian resort attack arrested, says RFI |first=Leela |last=Jacinto |date=January 12, 2017 |quote=Mimi Ould Baba Ould El Mokhtar -- also known as Mimi Ould Baba Ould Cheikh – was arrested near the town of Gossi in northern Mali earlier this month, Ivorian security sources told FRANCE 24's sister radio station, RFI, on Thursday. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122213617/http://www.france24.com/en/20170112-ivory-coast-france-resort-attack-arrest-mali |archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref>

In March 2022, the French military released video evidence of Russian mercenaries burying about a dozen bodies of Malians near the Gossi military base.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Engels |first=Bettina |date=2022-04-03 |title=Popular struggles and the search for alternative democracies |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03056244.2022.2085886 |journal=Review of African Political Economy |language=en |volume=49 |issue=172 |pages=201–208 |doi=10.1080/03056244.2022.2085886 |issn=0305-6244|url-access=subscription }}</ref> 

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{citation | title= Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Gossi | url= http://www.bndr-mali.org/bnn-mali/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=979&Itemid=53 | publisher= Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali | year= 2003 | language= French }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.

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