Rwanda to reopen Uganda land border after three-year closure
Kigali – Rwanda said on Friday it will reopen its land border with Uganda at the end of the... Read more
28 Jan, 2022
Sanctions put squeeze on Mali’s lucrative cotton sector
Noumoutene – Malian cotton farmers are set to produce a bumper crop this year, but Mahamadou Konate is worried,... Read more
28 Jan, 2022
Mali repeats demand for Denmark to withdraw its forces
Bamako – Mali’s military government on Wednesday repeated a demand that Danish special forces withdraw from the Sahel state, noting... Read more
27 Jan, 2022
Border standstill: Sanctions against Mali strand Ivorian truckers
Tengrela – Dozens of trucks are backed up along the last stretch of road leading from Ivory Coast into... Read more
26 Jan, 2022
Mali bids farewell to ex-president Keita
Bamako – Mali held a state ceremony on Friday for former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was ousted in a... Read more
21 Jan, 2022
Mali’s UN mission says flights resuming after suspension
Bamako – The UN mission in Mali said on Thursday it had resumed flights over the Sahel region as part... Read more
21 Jan, 2022
Sanctioned Mali to start flights to Guinea
Bamako – Sky Mali will on Saturday launch flights from Bamako to Conakry, the private airline company has said as... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Mali sanctions imposed with ‘greatest reluctance’, Ivory Coast leader says
Libreville – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday that West African nations had imposed stinging sanctions on Mali... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Economist arrested in Mali for ‘subversive remarks’, his lawyer says
Bamako – A leading Malian economist has been arrested in Bamako, taken to a police station and questioned about “subversive and... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, symbol of Mali’s turmoil
Bamako – Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who died on Sunday aged 76, became the symbol of the... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
