Tag: Mali
Extremists kill over 100 civilians in Mali, UN Chief expresses shock
The secretary-general called on Mali’s military leadership to redouble their efforts to restore peace and stability across the country
Guinean soldier killed as peacekeepers bombed in Mali
The Guinean peacekeeper was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated during a UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)…
France captures top IS militant, Albakaye in Mali
Albakaye was captured by Operation Barkhane forces between the night of June 11 and the early hours of June 12…
Guterres condemns attack on UN peacekeepers
He also sent his deepest condolences to the family of the deceased peacekeeper, and the people and Government of Jordan.
EU suspends military training in Mali
On Sunday, Mali's military junta said the country was pulling out of the G5 Sahel force, a multinational force in…
Mali announces exit from Sahel military alliance
Mali claims that it is being exploited by unnamed foreign powers. The exit comes at a time of significant political…
Boubeye Maiga Mali’s detained ex-prime minister dies in hospital
Maiga, 68, was detained in August over his suspected role in the purchase of a presidential plane during the rule…
Mali orders French troops leave immediately
A government spokesman announced on public television that the results of France’s nine-year military engagement in conflict-torn Mali were “not…
French military leaving Mali for Niger
Coups in Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso have weakened France's alliances in its former colonies, emboldened jihadists who control large…
France to close military bases in Mali for 6 months, says Macron
Paris said that Canada, France, and its allies in the European mission Takuba decided to begin coordinated withdrawal of troops…
Mali accuses France’s military of partitioning the country
Mali has accused France’s military of deliberately dividing the West African country and of committing espionage during its fight against…
German defence minister Lambrecht sceptical about Mali mission
Germany has some 1,200 troops deployed in Mali as part of a 9-year-old international counter-terrorism and peacekeeping mission in the…
Thousands take to streets of Bamako in anti-French protest
Thousands of anti-French protesters took to the streets of Mali's capital on Friday waving Russian flags and burning cardboard cut-outs…
Malians in massive anti-French protests, Russia hailed as new ally
The protesters burned cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron in celebration of the expulsion of the envoy in Bamako.
Jesus sends Equatorial Guinea to AFCON quarter-finals, as Mali crash
The Equatorial Guinean goalkeeper saved two penalties, one of which was Mali's last kick which would have kept them in…