Islamic State jihadists seize northern Mali town
Bamako – Jihadists affiliated to the Islamic State group have seized a town in northern Mali after bitter fighting with... Read more
8 Sep, 2022
Mali urges end to sanctions, cites timeline for civilian rule
Lome – Mali on Tuesday urged African organisations to lift the last sanctions they had imposed after the state underwent... Read more
7 Sep, 2022
UN peacekeeper seriously wounded in Mali attack
Bamako – A UN peacekeeper was seriously wounded on Sunday in an attack on a convoy in northern Mali,... Read more
5 Sep, 2022
Mali agrees to strengthen military ties with Burkina
Bamako – The leaders of Mali and Burkina Faso’s juntas have agreed to strengthen their military partnership in a... Read more
4 Sep, 2022
3 women among Ivorian troops held in Mali released
Lome – Three women among the 49 Ivorian soldiers held since July in Mali accused of being mercenaries have... Read more
4 Sep, 2022
Mali junta rejects ‘biased’ UN allegations of killings
Bamako – The junta in Mali on Friday rejected “biased” UN allegations of a massacre of civilians by the... Read more
3 Sep, 2022
Tens of thousands flee Mali violence
Ménaka – Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, have fled to a town in northeastern Mali... Read more
1 Sep, 2022
50 civilians die in sweep by Malian and ‘foreign’ troops, says UN
Bamako – At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds arrested in central Mali in April during an operation by... Read more
1 Sep, 2022
Civil society urges Mali to set up election body
Bamako – Malian civil society organisations on Wednesday called on the country’s military rulers to speed up the creation... Read more
31 Aug, 2022
Mali junta names new interim PM
Bamako – Mali’s military junta has appointed a colonel, Abdoulaye Maiga, as interim replacement for the country’s civilian prime... Read more
22 Aug, 2022
