West African leaders have imposed punitive measures on Mali as the military stalls a return to civilian rule. The move comes as regional leaders met in Ghana to discuss the crisis. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met Sunday during an extraordinary summit of the 15-nation bloc in the Ghanaian capital, […]
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ECOWAS has already imposed financial and travel sanctions on members of the military government of Mali. ECOWAS is pushing for Mali to hold elections latest February 27 as initially planned. Military ruler, President Asimi Goita, had requested a postponement of the election by five years to 2026. Mali faces a possible suspension from the Economic […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has departed Abuja for Accra, Ghana this morning to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to discuss the political situation in the Republic of Mali. Sunday’s meeting which is expected to be attended by leaders across the region, […]
Accra — West African leaders will gather Sunday to discuss Mali’s political crisis, with the military junta submitting a new timeframe for a transition back to civilian rule at the last minute after its first proposal was rejected. The extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc in Ghana’s capital Accra […]
Russian military advisers are reportedly helping Mali train its security forces. Western countries have criticized Mali for allowing mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group to operate in the West African nation. Hundreds of Russian military advisers have been deployed to Mali in recent weeks, according to members of the Malian army. What do we know […]
The mediator of West Africa’s regional bloc, Ecowas, has delivered a message to Mali’s junta leader ahead of a summit on Sunday to address the timetable of a transition to civilian rule. Mali’s military took over the country in August 2020. The message, the details of which have not been revealed, came during a meeting […]
Major political parties in Mali have said no to the military government’s five-year plan for transition to civilian rule. Since August 2020, the military has carried out two coups and postponed elections. A significant coalition of political parties in Mali rejected the military-led government’s plans for a slow transition to democratic rule. The military plan […]
The US removed Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act due to rights violations and military coups. The US removed access for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from a duty-free trade program on Saturday, due to their recent alleged human rights violations and recent coups. US President Joe Biden had threatened to […]
Ouagadougou — Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso’s president to resign. Burkina Faso experienced the deadliest terrorist attacks since the conflict began, but analysts say the worst could be yet […]
Mali’s military-dominated government has launched a four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian rule following the country’s 2020 coup. The military junta in Mali have showcased the “National Conference on Reform” as a chance for the public to foster change, but major groups have already lashed the project and said they will boycott […]
The government of Mali has refuted the use of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group. Western countries involved in fighting jihadis in the Sahel beg to differ. The government of Mali said in a statement late Friday that the country is not deploying mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group. In the statement, the Malian government through […]
The country’s military government has its work cut out for it, as it copes with the threat of Islamic extremism and ECOWAS sanctions. With French troops now gone from the city of Timbuktu, Mali now faces the major task of deciding how to fight off Islamic extremists who have posed a security threat for years. […]
Russia will soon arrive in another country formerly under the wing of a Western power, but what does it stand to gain? Russia is making friends in Mali. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop in Moscow amid reports of a deal being done for the West African nation to recruit […]
West African leaders have demanded that the junta in Mali sticks to its plans for February polls, threatening further sanctions if Bamako fails to commit to returning to democracy. “The heads of state… decided to keep the (deadline) of February 27, 2022 for elections in Mali,” president of the Economic Community of West African States […]
Artisanal mining should be enriching women miners – so why are they being suppressed and exploited? Women have historically been key actors in artisanal mining in the indigenous Mandingo communities of south-eastern Senegal and western Mali. However the increased profitability of this sector over the past decade has led to their economic marginalisation and exposure […]
On Wednesday morning, seven UN peacekeepers from Togo died and three others were seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Bandiagara region in central Mali. The peacekeepers were part of a convoy travelling from Douentza to Sevare, informed the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. António Guterres strongly condemns this heinous attack, […]
Explosions hit a UN camp and a bus in Mali while neighboring Niger saw an attack on a military base. The base is used by the G5 Joint Force of Sahel countries to combat militants in the region. Explosions rocked a truck and a UN camp in Mali on Sunday while another attack targeted an […]
Nigeria has completed the training of 62 Peacekeeping medical personnel ready to be deployed to Mali. The three weeks deployment training held in Nigeria’s Centre For Peacekeeping Mission, Jaji covering four areas was scheduled according to UN modules, according to the Commandant of the facility, Maj. Gen. Auwal Fagge expressed satisfaction in the quality of […]