The court said the Ivorian soldiers sought to undermine Mali’s security. The arrest of the soldiers has sparked a diplomatic row between the two West African nations. Forty-six Ivory Coast soldiers were sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring against Mali’s government, a court in Mali ruled on Friday. Public prosecutor Ladji Sara said […]
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The last year of the German military’s Mali mission is approaching, with withdrawal due to end in May 2024. But the Sahel region remains dangerous — which is why troops are starting a new mission in neighboring Niger. The German armed forces’ mission in the West African country of Mali is becoming increasingly dangerous following […]
In the presence of the Togolese mediator and Cote d’Ivoire delegation, the Malian government agreed on Thursday in Bamako to release the 46 Ivoirian soldiers who have been detained for the past five months in the Malian capital. The Ivorian ministerial delegation arrived on Thursday, along with the Togolese facilitator, for talks with the Malian […]
The coalition of armed groups accused Mali’s military government of lacking the political will to achieve peace. They gave a precondition to their return to the talks — relocating them to a neutral country. A coalition of Malian armed groups announced on Thursday their unanimous withdrawal from peace talks running since 2015. The groups cited […]
A $1.5 million grant to the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, announced on Tuesday, is designed to enable a more inclusive environment for women blue helmets serving in the country, while also improving living conditions. The allocation is from the Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF), which supports women’s meaningful participation in UN peacekeeping overall. The […]
Fawaz Ould Ahmed is accused of being involved in multiple deadly attacks in Mali in 2015. He was already handed the death penalty by a Malian court in 2020. A Mauritanian man who received a death penalty in Mali for involvement in attacks that killed dozens including an American in 2015, was extradited to the […]
Jörg Lange was kidnapped by jihadis in Niger more than 4 1/2 years ago and was reportedly sold to the so-called Islamic State armed group. The 63-year-old engineer is said to be in good health. German aid worker Jörg Lange — held hostage in the Sahel for more than 4 1/2 years — has been […]
French-backed NGOs in Mali fear their future is in limbo after military-run authorities ordered the suspension of their activities earlier this week. The announcement marks a further twist in the downward spiral between the Sahel nation and its former colonial power. On Monday, Mali declared that all NGOs financed or supported by France would be […]
Mali’s military junta acted unconcerned by the announced withdrawal of German troops from the country. But civil society is worried about yet another ally abandoning military aid for crisis-beset Mali. After 10 years of trying to help build peace in Mali, Germany is pulling out its troops from the West African country. The Bundeswehr’s participation […]
Disputes with Mali’s ruling military junta and the arrival of Russian mercenaries have cast doubt over the future of the German mission to the West African country. The German government is planning to start pulling back troops from Mali in summer 2023 and complete the withdrawal a year later, spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a […]
Mali’s junta announced on Monday a ban on the activities of NGOs funded or supported by France, including humanitarian groups, amid a worsening row between Paris and Bamako. The West African nation’s interim Prime Minister Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga justified the move in a statement on social media, calling it a response to France’s recent halt […]
France will stop sending public development aid to Mali because of the West African country’s alleged ties to Russian paramilitaries, according to the French foreign ministry. “Given the attitude of Mali’s junta leader, allied with the Russian mercenaries of Wagner, we have suspended our public development aid to Mali,” a ministry source said on Thursday. […]
Cape Town — France seems to be losing the grip it once had on its former colonies, and the rift is growing every day. “Sixty years on, francophone countries in Africa still do not have true independence and freedom from France,” Nathalie Yamb, adviser to Ivory Coast’s Freedom and Democracy Party (LIDER), told Deutche Welle […]
The authorities in Côte d’Ivoire have announced a gradual withdrawal of Ivorian troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali. The last Ivorian soldiers will leave by August 2023. “By order of the government of Côte d’Ivoire, the permanent mission confirms the progressive withdrawal of Ivorian military personnel and police deployed with MINUSMA,” according […]
Despite their invisibility in official negotiations, women play a decisive role in community peace agreements. In central Mali, local communities have entered into peace agreements with terrorist groups to regain a sense of calm. Residents in the area have been grappling with a vicious cycle of violence linked to the armed insurgency since 2015. The […]
Violent protests in DRC and Mali highlight fundamental aspects of peace missions that need reform. In the past few months, two United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in Africa have encountered violent protests from the local populations they’re meant to protect. Protesters in Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) demanded the immediate withdrawal […]
Nairobi — Increase Protection Capabilities of Security Forces, UN Peacekeepers Islamist armed groups in Mali have killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands to flee their villages during apparently systematic attacks since March 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. Malian security forces and United Nations peacekeepers should bolster their presence in the affected […]
The situation in Mali continues to justify sustained international attention and engagement, the top UN official in the West African country told the Security Council on Tuesday. El-Ghassim Wane, head of the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, presented the latest UN Secretary-General’s report on the peacekeeping operation. He briefed ambassadors on progress in the transition […]