No way home for Eid as jihadists cut off Mali capital
Hemmed in by a jihadist blockade of the Malian capital, Muslims in Bamako have been forced to spend Eid away from their families this year.
Mali parties, civil society reject longer military rule
“The authorities have demonstrated their notorious inability to provide the slightest hint of a solution.”
Mali national dialogue recommends longer military rule
Hundreds of participants in a Malian national dialogue mainly boycotted by the opposition on Friday recommended that military rulers, who took power in 2020, keep power for several more years.
Terrorists kidnap over 110 civilians in Mali
“We demand the release of more than 110 passengers of three buses abducted on Tuesday by jihadists.”
African Union urges Mali to provide post-coup transition ‘roadmap’
The African Union on Saturday urged Mali to provide a post-coup transition ‘roadmap’, saying the move was needed to steer the country back to democratic rule.
Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso recorded 3,500 terrorist attacks, 7,000 deaths- ECOWAS
“Particularly the Sahel countries; in 2023 alone, over 3,500 terrorist attacks were recorded..”
31 dead in Mali after bus plunges off bridge
Thirty-one people were killed in Mali on Tuesday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the transport ministry said.
Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso plan to form new confederation after ECOWAS exit
The junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have disclosed a plan to establish a confederation that will deepen their ties following their exit from the regional bloc
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger suspended from ECOWAS – Presidency
“They were removing the elected legally/ legitimate government via coup d’etat. So that is why they were suspended. So technically, I don’t know why people are worried about this.”
Mali to hold peace dialogue after scrapping deal with rebels
Mali’s junta has set up a committee to organise a national peace dialogue after it scrapped a key 2015 peace deal with northern separatist groups following months of hostilities.
More than 70 dead after Mali gold mine collapse
More than 70 people were killed after a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, a local gold mining group leader and a local official told AFP on Wednesday.
Mali parties angry at junta for postponing presidential vote
Malian political groups expressed outrage on Wednesday at the junta’s decision to postpone indefinitely the presidential election that was supposed to bring back civilian rule.
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.
