32 die as jihadists attack soldiers, Wagner mercenaries in Mali
Another local official said the civilian victims were mainly foreigners travelling to a gold mine in Intahaka
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger sign pact to counter ECOWAS
Three military-led West African Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have signed a security treaty that will make them support one another against any external aggression.
Mali army says about 10 soldiers died in suicide attack
Mali on Tuesday said it had lost around ten soldiers in an attack last week on a camp in the northern city of Gao that was claimed by Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists.
There won’t be Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger without France, Macron boasts
French President Emmanuel Macroh has boasted that without France’s military operations in the Sahel region, “there would probably no longer be a Mali…Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger.”
Niger: Why Putin called me – Mali’s military leader
Mali’s military leader Assimi Goita said on Tuesday that he had spoken on the phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation in Niger, where a junta seized power in a coup last month.
17 Niger troops killed in alleged terrorist attack near Mali
Seventeen Niger soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by suspected jihadists near the country’s western border with Mali, the defence ministry said.
