From 1997 to 2012, she worked in various services, notably at the
Bamako airbase 100,
Bamako-Sénou airbase 101 and at the general staff headquarters of the Malian armies. She also served in the
United Nations Mission in Liberia (2004-2005) and she was a teacher at the
École de maintien de la paix Alioune Blondin Beye (2007-2009) and at the basic training center in
Koutiala (2012-2013). During the
Northern Mali conflict in 2013, she was number two of the Malian army in the
Gao region, recently taken back from the Islamists coalition. She is the head of "militaro-civilian" action in the area. In 2015, she was appointed deputy commander of the Bamako airbase 100 and became commander of this base in 2016. Her discharge from this post in November 2016 provoked reactions in the Malian press. == References ==