Mali
1 Feb
The UN rights chief said Thursday he was "appalled" by alleged summary executions of 25 people by Mali's army and "foreign military personnel" last week in a region plagued by jihadist insurgency. Volker Turk also expressed alarm at the killing of around 30 others in attacks at the weekend in central Mali, a particular hotbed…
30 Jan
Timi Frank, a former high-ranking official in Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has unleashed a fiery critique of President Bola Tinubu's leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), calling it a "national disgrace" and a major factor in the recent withdrawal of three member states. Frank, who served as Deputy National…
30 Jan
The Federal Government has expressed its sadness over the pronouncement by the military authority in the Republic of Niger indicating that the Republics of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have withdrawn membership of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a statement on Monday by Francisca K. Omayuli, spokesperson of…
30 Jan
The military juntas in Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso who forcefully ousted democratically elected Presidents have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
28 Jan
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS.
26 Jan
Algeria on Friday expressed "many regrets and deep concern" after neighbouring Mali's military rulers scrapped a 2015 peace deal with separatist rebels that it had mediated.
2 Nov
Several peacekeepers from the UN mission in Mali, currently in the process of withdrawing from the country, were "seriously injured" on Wednesday when their convoy fell victim to an improvised explosive device, a UN spokesman said.
1 Nov
Regular passengers of the "Tombouctou", a ferry whose route runs along the Niger River in northern Mali, are accustomed to hearing gunfire from the riverbank during their journeys.
27 Oct
UN peacekeepers, ordered to leave Mali by the country's leaders, have been forced to rush their withdrawal, destroy equipment left behind and risk their lives on the road out.
3 Oct
A Malian army convoy was moving closer towards the northern rebel stronghold of Kidal on Tuesday, following a resumption of hostilities in the region, military and official sources said.
24 Sep 2023
Mali "will not stand idly by" if foreign governments intervene in neighouring Niger, Bamako's top diplomat warned the United Nations on Saturday, after both countries' juntas joined a mutual defense pact.
17 Sep 2023
The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita posted on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. Its aim…