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[UN News] With a deteriorating security situation in central and northern Mali, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday that 'blue helmets', the Malian Defence and Security Forces, continue to suffer repeated attacks and signif...

[RFI] Mali's military government paid two million euros for the release of opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who was freed in October after being kidnapped by gunmen, according to an intermediary who negotiated on behalf of the Malian authorities.

[RFI] The corpse of a Swiss national held captive for over four years in Mali has been discovered and her DNA confirmed, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

[New Times] Amavubi fixtures Mali vs Rwanda - 5th/6th June Rwanda vs Kenya - 12th/13th June Rwanda vs Uganda - 3rd/4th Sept

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune received, on Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali Zeyni Moulaye, said a press release from the Presidency of the R...

[JusticeInfo.net] Bamako -- Mali's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission held its third public hearing on Saturday April 3 in Bamako, on the theme of "enforced disappearances".

[ISS] On 9 April 2020, al-Qaeda-affiliated groups operating in the Sahel attacked a security and customs post on the Bamako-Kayes road in Mali's western Kayes region. Four months later, on 5 August, groups attacked another post located on the Nioro-K...

[VOA] Islamic extremists have killed four U.N. peacekeepers in Mali, the U.N. mission in Mali said Friday.

[UN News] Four peacekeepers from Chad were killed, and several others wounded, in an attack against a UN camp in Mali, the Organization's mission in the country, MINUSMA, reported on Friday.

[JusticeInfo.net] This week at the International Criminal Court has been rich in - mostly symbolic - important events: the confirmation of the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Ggbagbo, the confirmation of the conviction of Congolese mili...

[VOA] Paris -- France is rejecting a U.N. report that said a French air strike in central Mali in January killed 19 civilians as part of anti-terrorist operations in the Sahel.

[RFI] Defence Minister Florence Parly has refuted the conclusions of a UN investigation which found that a French air attack in January had killed 19 civilians. On a visit to Mali this week, she held a meeting with the interim president Bah Ndaw and ...

[Cameroon Tribune] In a statement released late Tuesday, the UN peacekeeping mission said the airstrike by French forces in the village of Bounty killed largely civilians.

[RFI] A UN investigation concluded on Tuesday that a French air attack in central Mali at the start of January killed at least 19 civilians, according to excerpts from the report.

[The Point] Mali is looking at possibilities of exploring road transportation between Banjul and Bamako to boost the economy through trade, according to the head of Corporate Affairs at the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA).

[UN News] In a statement released on Tuesday, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has concluded that a 3 January French military airstrike on the central Malian village of Bounty, hit a group largely made up of civilians, killing several of...

[World Bank] Washington -- Approved on February 23, 2020, by the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors, a $80 million from the International Development Association (IDA)* with 50% grant and 50% credit, will support Mali's education system. In ad...

[United Nations Human Rights Council] MORNING, 22 March 2021, Concludes General Debate on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Forms of Intolerance

[VOA] Officials in Mali on Friday accused the French military of killing civilians in a Thursday airstrike.

[Chatham House] The solution to insurgency in the Western Sahel lies in human security and better governance, not military action

[RFI] Over one hundred civilians have been killed in attacks on villages in Niger's border area with Mali in the past week, according to local security sources. The rising instability is a key challenge for new president Mohamed Bazoum, whose victory...

[HRW] Two Years Since Over 150 Civilians Killed in Ogossagou Village

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum said Thursday that the strict implementation of the agreement on peace and reconciliation in Mali, the outcome of Algiers process, is "essential" for the restoration of peace in thi...

[allAfrica] A Bamako court has ended the much-delayed trial of Amadou Sanogo, who was accused of killing 21 elite soldiers in a 2012 coup, Al Jazeera reports.

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Algeria and Mali have welcomed the progress made in the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, the outcome of Algiers process, said Monday a joint statement released at the end of the ...

[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-The President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday reiterated Algeria's willingness to help Mali in the restoration of its stability and the preparation of elections awaited by the Malian people.

[HRW] Bamako -- Mali's justice officials should scrupulously respect due process rights in the case of five men detained since December 2020 for allegedly plotting a coup against the Malian transitional government, Human Rights Watch said today.

[HRW] European Court of Human Rights Reiterates Obligation to Investigate Alleged War Crimes