COMMUNIQUE N°031 OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TRANSITION A small group of Malian anti-progressive officers and non-commissioned officers attempted a coup on the night of May 11 to 12, 2022. These soldiers were supported by a Western state. The attempt was foiled thanks to the vigilance and professionalism of the Defense and Security Forces of […]
Mali’s military junta has announced that it will quit the West African G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force after it was blocked from assuming the presidency of the regional group. Sunday’s declaration that Mali will leave the G5 Sahel security force deepens its isolation after regional neighbours imposed sanctions on Bamako in January. This after the junta […]
The French minister of foreign affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected at a courthouse in Bamako on June 20 over charges of awarding a public contract for the production of Malian passports. The case that dates back to 2015. The summons dates from April 20, but it only appeared on May 11 on social media networks. […]
Germany is set to draw down its EU deployment in Mali and increase its UN deployment. France is withdrawing from Mali amid friction with the military junta there. Germany on Wednesday said it had agreed to raise its contingent in the UN’s MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali to a maximum of 1,400 troops from around […]
After nine years with the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM), Germany has announced its withdrawal. Some 300 German soldiers have so far been involved in training the Malian army, particularly in civil engineering and mine clearance. This announcement comes amid tension between the Malian junta and Mali’s Western partners, mainly due to the […]
The birth of Mali’s nonuplets – nine babies born at the same time – was such an unusual event that some believed it was a hoax. But as they marked their first birthday this week they’re all in good health and the family hopes to head back home to Timbuktu soon. The birth of nonuplets […]
The Mali Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) has picked former international Eric Sekou Chelle ahead of erstwhile Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr, and Winifred Schafer to lead the Malian national team, the Eagles. Rohr was reportedly the favourite to succeed Mohamed Magassouba as head coach of the Eagles. The FEMAFOOT has instead settled for Chelle to steer […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told RFI Mali could collapse if the UN withdraws its peacekeeping mission there, but suggested an option could be to replace it with an African Union force backed by a tougher operating mandate. The UN Security Council will decide next month whether to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping […]
The President of Togo has agreed to mediate in Mali, where the military junta is under international pressure to re-establish civilian rule after taking power in 2020. The foreign ministers of Mali and Togo told reporters late Wednesday that Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé had agreed to act as a facilitator in the crisis. “We asked […]
In places such as Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, Rwanda or post-coup Mali, the media’s vigilance extends well beyond issues that matter to the public. Journalists are forced to watch their own backs — and data, too. Mancho Bibixy was pulled from his hideout in Bamenda, Cameroon, in the dead of night on January 17, 2017. In […]
Mali’s ruling junta has announced it is breaking off its defence accords with France and other European partners that were put in place nearly a decade ago to help the Malian military stop a jihadist offensive. In a televised statement, unta spokesperson, Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, said Mali had noticed “a profound deterioration in military cooperation […]
A release prepared by Reporters sans Frontières to accompany its annual World Press Freedom Index for 2022: Press freedom has many facets in Africa, ranging from the abundance of media outlets in Senegal (73rd) and South Africa (35th), to the deafening silence of privately owned media in Eritrea (179th) and Djibouti (164th). Despite a wave […]
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has announced the creation of “mirror” websites that allow RFI and France 24 to remain available online in Mali despite a ruling junta ban on the French broadcasters. On Wednesday, the junta definitively banned RFI and France 24 in the wake of reports that the Sahel nation’s army had carried […]
The French army on Thursday rejected accusations by Mali of espionage and violation of the West African nation’s airspace. Mali had on Tuesday accused the French army of “spying” and “subversion” when it used a drone to film what France alleged were mercenaries burying bodies near a military base. The drone “illegally” flew over the […]
Mali has reprimanded France for “spying” after the French military released a video of what it alleged were Russian mercenaries burying bodies at a mass grave. Paris said the video, filmed using a drone, was of a military base near Gossi, in northern Mali. It accused Russian-linked mercenaries of joining a campaign to smear departing […]
Jihadists in Mali say they have captured a fighter working for Wagner, the Russian private security firm hired by the country’s military junta to train the military – though France and other countries say the fighters are acting as mercenaries. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) told th Frenche AFP news agency that […]
Bamako — Six soldiers are dead and 20 wounded after Malian Army bases in the central cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho were simultaneously attacked this morning by suspected terrorists. An army press release says that the bases in the cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho were attacked by “terrorists” in “kamikaze vehicles packed with […]
The French military says it has filmed Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in northern Mali. France says it suspects the operation was part of a disinformation campaign against its troops. France’s military has released footage that appears to show soldiers burying bodies in northern Mali, which it says is part of a […]