[FrontPageAfrica] Accra -- Liberia's Foreign Minister Dee-Maxwell Kemaya says the country is concerned about the 'unwelcomed' interruption in the civilian-led transitional process in Mali.

[HRW] Government, IOC, FIBA Should Investigate Players' Allegations

[RFI] Mali's newly appointed government met on Sunday for the first time with Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga to discuss their reform plans. France and the West Africa bloc Ecowas are closely observing how the new leadership handles the transit...

[New Dawn] Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe, a member of the ECOWAS Parliament has described the military takeover and refusal to relinquish power to civilian rule as troubling.Speaking in plenary at the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria on Monday, Senat...

[RFI] Freelance journalist Olivier Dubois was kidnapped two months ago by members of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, the most powerful jihadist alliance in the Sahel region of northern Africa. Speaking to RFI and France 24, the mother of his ...

[VOA] Paris -- A promise Monday by Mali's new interim president to hold democratic elections by early next year appears to meet some conditions set by France to resume recently suspended cooperation with Malian forces. But some hope Paris is slowly h...

[DW] The leader of the latest military coup has named a new prime minister. Choguel Maiga, a Malian political veteran, was a key player in the protest movement against deposed president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in 2020.

[DW] Colonel Assimi Goita has become the new interim president of Mali. The young army officer has instigated two military power grabs in the impoverished country, provoking international concern.

[Ghanaian Times] The way out of the Malian political crisis first lies in the hands of the citizenry, a Senior Mediation Adviser at the United Nations (UN) Department of Political and Peace building Affairs, Emmanuel Bombande, has said.

[CAF] Defending African champions Algeria extended their unbeaten run to 25 matches, after defeating Mali 1-0 in a friendly match on Sunday evening.

[Nation] The Mali junta's popularity is growing despite international opposition towards it.

[DW] On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron had threatened to pull troops out of Mali if the political instability there continued. The West African nation has seen two coups d'etat inside nine months.

[RFI] France has announced the suspension of joint military operations with Malian forces after the West African country's second coup in nine months, adding to international pressure for the military junta to return civilians to positions of power.

[UN News] A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali's new military authorities should "scrupulously respect human rights" and release all leaders detained in last week's coup.

[Cameroon Tribune] This Follows disagreement among members of the AU legislative body on the procedure to elect a new Parliamentary President.

[The Conversation Africa] Recent events in Mali have caused consternation among state actors, domestically and externally, in addition to non-state actors such as jihadi groups operating across the Sahel.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Bamako/Mali -- The African Union has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

[DW] Mali has been suspended from the African Union after Colonel Assimi Goita took power in a coup. The AU said the suspension would stay in place "until normal constitutional order has been restored."

[RFI] The African Union has suspended Mali's membership and threatened sanctions in response to last week's military coup.

[Ghanaian Times] On Sunday, the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) held a meeting in Accra over the political crisis in Mali resulting from the ousting of transitional President Bah Nda...

[Premium Times] While world leaders have condemned the coups in Mali, they have been less critical of the one last month in Chad

[This Day] Abeokuta -- Soyombo Opeyemi writes that military officers seize power in order to enrich themselves

[Daily Trust] The nascent democratic development in the West African sub-region once again received a jolt with the ouster of Mali's interim administration headed by President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, in a coup led by Colonel Assimi ...

[DW] West African leaders have said Mali must hold a presidential election in February 2022. They also called for the immediate appointment of a new civilian prime minister.

[ISS] A cabinet reshuffle exposes the military's stranglehold and shatters the facade of a civilian-led process.

[This Day] Abuja -- Mali has been suspended from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) until the current military dictators vacate office and the country returns to civil rule.

[RFI] As President Emmanuel Macron threatens to withdraw French troops from Mali in the wake of the latest coup, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States are to meet in Ghana on Sunday to discuss a response to Mali's latest military t...

[RFI] The constitutional court in Mali has named Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta, as the country's transitional president. The judgement stipulates that Goita should "lead the transition process to its conclusion," following his s...

[Sierra Leone Government] Accra, Ghana, Sunday 30 May 2021 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has called for consultations and communications with stakeholders at the ECOWAS Extraordinary Session on the political situation in Mali convene...

[Govt of Liberia] Monrovia, Liberia -The President of Liberia, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah early this morning, May 30, 2021 departed Monrovia for an emergency ECOWAS Summit in Accra, Ghana.