Mali
24 Sep 2023
Mali "will not stand idly by" if foreign governments intervene in neighouring Niger, Bamako's top diplomat warned the United Nations on Saturday, after both countries' juntas joined a mutual defense pact.
17 Sep 2023
The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita posted on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. Its aim…
16 Sep 2023
France does not intend to cut cultural ties with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the culture minister, Rima Abdul-Malak said.
14 Sep 2023
Mali's ruling junta has cancelled celebrations planned for next week to mark the anniversary of the country's independence, the council of ministers said, following a resumption of hostilities in the north.
7 Sep 2023
Mali's military junta said it carried out air strikes on Wednesday against "terrorist groups" that were planning attacks in the north of the country.
27 Aug 2023
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15 Aug 2023
An al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group has claimed responsibility for an attack that wounded members of the UN's peacekeeping force in Mali, which is pulling out of the country, monitors said. At least four members of MINUSMA were hurt on Sunday when they came under attack on a road in northern Mali between Timbuktu and Ber, according…
3 Aug 2023
Some Nigerians could shout me down but it must be said that since 1975 of the ECOWAS treaty, it is high time common border for all the members come to stay to arrest coupist tendency and to uphold great commitment of all to good governance and to avoid further Mauritanian escapism, not minding that majority…
2 Aug 2023
General Salifou Mody, one of the officers who seized power in Niger last week, arrived on Wednesday in neighbouring Mali, whose junta has supported the coup leaders in the face of international pressure, sources said. Mody, a former army chief of staff who had been fired in April, arrived in the capital Bamako at the…
30 Jul 2023
The coup in Niger, the third in as many years to topple an elected leader in Africa's troubled Sahel, threatens to further hamper efforts against jihadist groups in the region, analysts say.
9 Jul 2023
A West African monetary union has agreed to lift its suspension of Mali, imposed in January 2022 over the ruling junta's timeline for returning to civilian rule, it said in a statement.
13 Jun 2023
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for maintaining but streamlining a peacekeeping mission in troubled Mali, whose military leaders have clashed with the West and turned to Russia.
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