Despite international efforts to abolish slavery, it is well and truly alive in certain parts of the world. Global warming and the COVID-19 pandemic are not helping matters. Cheickna Diarra is from the village of Baramabougou in the region of Kayes in Mali, where what is known as “descent-based or hereditary slavery” is widespread. Diarra […]
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Washington, DC — When Ambassador Mahamadou Nimaga told me a few months back that Vivian Lowery Derryck, Chic Dambach and I were going to be Knighted by the Mali government, of course I was surprised as well as deeply honored! Not more than a week later the government of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was overthrown! I […]
Investing in girls’ education from an early age is essential for building their resilience and financial independence. Research has shown why women join violent extremist groups in Africa, but much less attention is given to those who leave or don’t enlist at all. What makes some women resist recruitment? And why do those who join […]
Over the last ten years, the Sahel crisis has steadily taken root in and spread beyond the region. Having become structural, it is far from having reached its peak, especially in Mali, its epicenter. Its human, material and political damage are aggravated by the continuous disintegration of societies, economies and administrations while social networks, « […]
NEW YORK / BAMAKO / GENEVA (9 November 2021) – The deteriorating security situation in Mali needs to be urgently addressed with a holistic approach that addresses impunity, puts human rights at the centre of the security response, and that goes beyond the sole military response, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris […]
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situations in Guinea and Mali. The Summit was held in Accra, Ghana on November 7, 2021. The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government held an […]
Military leaders in Mali and Guinea are under pressure to follow a roadmap for elections after coups in recent years. The sanctions consist of travel bans and asset freezes. West African economic bloc ECOWAS imposed sanctions against Mali on Sunday after transitional leaders admitted they would not be able to hold elections by the February […]
Washington, DC — STATEMENTS AND RELEASES TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: In accordance with section 506A(a)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2466a (a)(3)(B)), I am providing advance notification of my intent to terminate the designation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia), the Republic of Guinea (Guinea), […]
Alleged Killings by Military, Armed Islamist Groups Go Unpunished On October 25, one day after the United Nations Security Council concluded a visit to Mali, eight people including a young boy and a man in his 80s were found dead in the village of N’Dola, in the country’s central Ségou region. A villager who helped […]
Cape Town — ECOWAS representative Hamidou Boly was on October 25, 2021 named persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave Mali. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Boly is accused of engaging with civil society organisations, political groups and the media, whose actions it said, is hostile to the transition and […]
Bamako — Malian authorities should investigate a spate of alleged summary executions, enforced disappearances, and incommunicado detentions by government security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations Security Council, visiting Mali on October 24 and 25, 2021, should press the government to make progress on justice for serious crimes by state security forces […]
The candidacy of the new head of the transitional period, Assimi Goïta, for the presidential elections is causing heated debate, both among the civil community of the country and at the subregional and international levels. Mali’s Constitutional Court accepted the candidacy of Colonel Goïta, the former interim vice-president and current transitional leader of Mali, as […]
Bamako, Mali — A Franciscan nun from Colombia kidnapped by jihadis in Mali in 2017 was freed Saturday, a statement from Mali’s presidential office said. The statement on the presidential Twitter account paid tribute to the courage of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, who was held for four years and eight months. In the official statement, […]
Security and health officials in Mali say 16 soldiers have died in an attack in the center of the country. An Islamist insurgency in Mali has claimed thousands of military and civilian lives since 2012. As many as 16 soldiers have been killed and 10 others injured in an attack in central Mali involving an […]
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Assimi Goita Next Mali’s President?
A renowned journalist with 40 years of experience in writing about foreign affairs and EU politics Martin Banks gives his assessment of the current political situation in Mali. One of the current topics on the African continent is the political agenda in Mali. The country has experienced two total changes of power over the past […]
Mali’s foreign ministry has summoned France’s ambassador to Bamako over “unfriendly and derogatory” comments made by President Emmanuel Macron. France is worried about Malian’s ruling junta employing Russian paramilitaries to help fight jihadists in the Sahel, as Paris reduces its own military mission there. “The state must return with its justice, its education, its police […]
National team Harambee Stars jet out of the country Monday evening for Morocco to play Mali in a 2022 Fifa World Cup Group ‘E’ qualifier match on Thursday. Due to the lack of a standard Fifa approved stadium, Mali will host Harambee Stars at the 45,000 capacity Stade Adrar in Agadir from 10pm under floodlights. […]
The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured. António Guterres expressed his deep condolences to the family of the victim, as well as the Government and people of Egypt, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured peacekeepers serving […]