France honours 13 soldiers killed in Mali helicopter disaster
Hundreds of people gathered in Paris on Monday to honour 13 soldiers killed while battling jihadist insurgents in Mali, ahead of a national ceremony to mourn a disaster that has prompted soul-searching over the costs of the six-year campaign in West Africa. Sporadic applause punctuated sombre silence as a motorcade bearing the coffins crossed the […]
Mali president Keita wins re-election with 67% of vote -Official result
Malian President Ibrahim Keita won re-election with 67 per cent of the vote in a run-off against opposition rival Soumaila Cisse, the Ministry of Territorial Administration said on Thursday.
Mali presidential election results postponed to Thursday
Results for the runoff vote in Mali’s presidential elections have been postponed from Wednesday to Thursday for logistical reasons, a senior official said.
Counting under way after Mali’s violence-marred poll
Counting was under way Monday in Mali following a key presidential election that saw balloting halted at hundreds of polling stations because of violence in restive regions of the poor Sahel country.
Child under-nutrition costs Mali over $450m – AU
Mali’s economy is losing 265 billion CFA francs (450 million U.S. dollars),or more than four per cent of the country’s annual GDP, due to the effects of child under-nutrition, the Afruican Union (AU) has said,
Canada to send peacekeepers to Mali: official
Canadian peacekeepers backed by helicopters will join UN Blue Helmets in the troubled west African nation of Mali before autumn, a government source said on Friday.
