Mali

Mali postpones February presidential election due to ‘technical issues’
Government spokesman cites technical reasons linked to the adoption of a new constitution in a June 18 referendum.
Published On 25 Sep 2023
Attack kills at least two people in Mali’s besieged city of Timbuktu
City shelled as tens of thousands of people remain almost completely cut off from world and UN peacekeepers withdraw.
Published On 22 Sep 2023
THE BIG QUESTION
Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?
The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are to blame, say analysts.
Published On 22 Sep 2023
Five soldiers dead, eleven others missing after attack in northern Mali
Army positions in northern Mali have been targeted in recent weeks by separatists and armed groups.
Published On 19 Sep 2023

The Sahel nations sign pact that will allow them to cooperate against threats of armed rebellion or external aggression.

Tuareg rebels says they have seized control of a military camp and posts in Bourem from army and Wagner mercenaries.

UN secretary-general warns against decoupling of world economy, discusses other issues overshadowing India’s G20 summit.

Three days of mourning have been declared as authorities continue to assess the death toll in Mali’s latest attacks.

Are we seeing coup contagion in West and Central Africa?

Africa, which contributes just 4 percent of global CO2 emissions, will suffer the most from climate change.

Most military coups are ‘inside jobs’ and can be prevented only by improving the overall state of a country’s affairs.

Western powers accuse Moscow of retaliating against UN experts who implicated Russia’s Wagner mercenaries in Mali abuses

UN experts say the group now controls rural areas in eastern Menaka and large parts of the Ansongo area in northern Gao.

UN speeds up the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from Mali as new conflict breaks out.

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