Bamako — Mali’s military government has lashed out at the Economic Community of West African States’ chairman for calling an April massacre in neighboring Burkina Faso part of a genocide. Burkina Faso’s military leader has said militants who stole military equipment could be responsible. In a statement Thursday on Mali’s state TV, ORTM, the government […]
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Following their TotalEnergies U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group C opener victory over Burkina Faso in Annaba on Monday, Mali have been clear in their intention, with head coach Soumaila Coulibaly saying they are prepared to go all the way. The Malians are returning to the tournament for the first time since 2017 when […]
Mali’s head coach Soumaïla Coulibaly has said his team is aiming for a record extending outing as they roll their sleeves towards their opening match at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Algeria 2023 against Burkina Faso on Monday in Annaba. Mali is one of the few nations along with Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana and […]
Bamako — MINUSMA strongly condemns the April 22 attacks on the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) camp in Sévaré and the nearby car bombings that killed and injured civilians, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the Serema site. Shots were also fired toward the MINUSMA camp. “These attacks are unacceptable. This is all the more […]
The targeted base housed Russian troops, believed to be of the Wagner mercenary group. Over 60 were also injured in the attack. Multiple explosions targeted an airport and adjoining military base in central Mali on Saturday, killing at least 9 civilians and injuring over 60 others. The base in the town of Sevare houses Russian […]
In a report presented to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Mali’s ruling junta to “accelerate” the pace of the handover, in order to return power to elected civilians by early 2024 as promised. Guterres notes “progress” made in Mali towards a return to civilian rule by March 2024. […]
The Carrosse d’Or will be awarded to Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé on 17 May in Cannes, at the opening of the Directors’ Fortnight, the Society of Film Directors announced this week. The Carrosse d’Or – in reference to a film by Jean Renoir – celebrates filmmakers for “the innovative qualities of their work, for their […]
The family of Gerco van Deventer held hostage by jihadis in Mali for more than five years have launched a fresh appeal for his release, days after a French journalist was freed. The 43-year-old was kidnapped in Libya on November 3, 2017, on his way to a power plant construction site about 1,000 kilometers south […]
Harare — Africans are facing some of the greatest challenges of our time. Food insecurity, resulting from flooding and drought, along with conflict, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and high food and fuel prices, has forced people to flee their homes and the region now has 4.5 million refugees and asylum seekers as well […]
The interim government has postponed a constitutional referendum, a key step on the country’s path toward elections meant to restore democracy after a military takeover in 2020. Government spokesman Col. Abdoulaye Maiga said in a statement that “the date of the referendum planned under the political, institutional and electoral reforms of the transition will be […]
Cape Town — French troops ended their withdrawal from Mali in August 2022 after a nine-year mission that supported the government troops in their fight against armed groups. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Mali Prime Minister Choguel Maiga said he needed to clarify that his country did not abandon cooperation with France. “Let us […]
Three UN peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in central Mali. The UN Multidimensional integrated stabilisation mission in Mali (Minusma) on Tuesday did not identify the nationalities of the peacekeepers. The 13,500-strong UN force was created in 2013 to help the state fight jihadists with links […]
GENEVA (6 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday said he was deeply disturbed by the Malian authorities’ decision to declare the top UN Human Rights representative in the country as persona non grata. “I deeply regret the decision by the Malian authorities to declare my representative, Guillaume […]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday called on Malian authorities to rescind their expulsion order for his top representative in the country. “I deeply regret the decision by the Malian authorities to declare my representative, Guillaume Ngefa, as persona non grata and to order him to leave the country in 48 hours,” […]
As men are being slaughtered on all sides in a grinding war of attrition for the control of destroyed Ukrainian cities, the new Cold War between Russia and the West is being played out on another front — Africa. On 7 December 2022, a 12-member delegation from Burkina Faso led by Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim […]
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has said he hopes Côte d’Ivoire and Mali can move on from the diplomatic crisis sparked by the arrest last year in Bamako of a contingent of Ivorian soldiers, accused by Mali of being mercenaries. Forty-six Ivorian soldiers arrived in Abidjan last weekend, having been pardoned by the neighbouring country’s junta. […]
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Mali Pardons 49 Ivorian Soldiers
The soldiers were arrested in July and accused of conspiring against the Malian government. Three had been sentenced to death in absentia. Mali’s transitional government has pardoned 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested earlier this year, a spokesman said on Friday. The soldiers were arrested in July at the airport in the Malian capital Bamako and were […]
With violence continuing into the new year, security experts call on the EU to push for a more local approach in Mali. Disputes with Mali’s ruling military junta and their close relationship with Russian mercenaries over the past two years have caused France, Germany and their EU allies to wind down security operations in the […]