Tag: Mali
JUST IN: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso dump ECOWAS
Struggling with jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have had tense ties with ECOWAS since coups took place in Niger…
AFCON: Impressive Mali sink South Africa
After a goalless first half, Mali took the lead in the 60th minute of the match. Hamari Traore has the…
Niger, Mali, B/Faso to move toward monetary alliance – Nigerien leader
Abandoning the eight-member West African monetary union and adopting a new currency would further isolate Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso,…
4th Malian military base falls to Tuareg rebels
The military base is the fourth taken in a series of attacks the rebel alliance, called the Coordination of Azawad…
Just In: Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali form military pact
The Niger junta, which took power in a military coup on July 26, has created a military alliance with neighbouring…
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger discuss response to ECOWAS military threat
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have all been under military rule since coups in their respective countries and had therefore…
FIBA qualifier: Mali halts D’Tigers progress
Nigeria, who lost to Senegal in their opening game, looked set to bounce back from the defeat but unfortunately could…
Afuwape leads Nigeria’s D’Tigers in first-ever win at FIBA AfroCan
D’Tigers had lost all their matches after finishing 0-3 in the inaugural edition of the tournament in Mali in 2019.
Malian troops, foreign forces executed 500 people in village in 2022 – UN
Rights groups say it is the worst atrocity in a 10-year-old conflict between Islamist groups and the army in which…
3 UN peacekeepers killed in central Mali
In January, MINUSMA reported that it had lost four peacekeepers due to 18 attacks since Oct. 3, 2022, in the…
Mali expels top UN official Ngefa-Atondoko Andali
Mali accused Andali of subversive acts after selecting “impostors” as Mali’s civil society representatives for UN Security Council meetings.
Mali appoints spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga as interim PM
He will to act in place of Choguel Maiga, who is resting amid media reports he had been hospitalised.
Mali accuses France of arming Jihadists
In a letter to the head of the United Nations Security Council dated Monday, Mali's foreign affairs minister, Abdoulaye Diop,…
Mali: Goodluck Jonathan gets UN commendation
The ECOWAS leaders, among other decisions, passed the adoption of electoral law in Mali, marking the crossing of an important…
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea gets ultimatum
But the ECOWAS leaders rejected a three-year transition proposed by coup leaders who seized power in Guinea in September.