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Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:12:53 GMTGoing for Gold in Western Mali Threatens Human Security
[ISS] Uncontrolled artisanal gold mining in Kayes is damaging the environment and fuelling trafficking and local conflicts.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:38:01 GMTFormer Malian President's Son Should Be Questioned About Missing Journalist
[RSF] An investigation by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) into Malian journalist Birama Touré's disappearance in 2016 points to the involvement of Karim Keïta, the son of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who was ousted in a coup a year ago...
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:49:04 GMTInternational Arrest Warrant Issued for Son of Former President of Mali
[RFI] An international arrest warrant has been issued for the son of Mali's former president over the disappearance of an investigative journalist in Bamako in 2016.
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:27:12 GMTFrance Resumes Joint Military Operations in Mali
[RFI] France is to resume joint operations with the Malian Armed Forces, after suspending them early last month following Mali's second coup in less than a year. Lemine Ould Salem, a journalist specialising in the Sahel, says the French president's d...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:50:34 GMTFour Years and 5 Months After the Kidnapping, There Is Still No News of Sister Gloria
[Agenzia Fides] Bamako -- Time passes, inexorable and cruel: 4 years and 5 months ago Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian nun from the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, fell into the hands of the jihadists in Mali (se...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:34:11 GMTSahel - in Search for New Strategies?
[Centre 4s] Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the most exposed countries of the G5 Sahel to terrorism, have been facing repeated attacks since this year beginning. It is in this worrying context that the French president announced on 10 June, the "end of...
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:27:36 GMTKagame Hosts Mali's Special Envoy
[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Sunday, July 4 received Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop, Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Village Urugwiro.
Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:44:37 GMTMalian Authorities Urged to 'Break the Cycle of Impunity' for Human Rights Violations
[UN News] Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection of civilians in the West African country, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:05:53 GMTMali - Rampant Impunity for Human Rights Violations Poses Grave Risk for Protection of Civilians - Bachelet
[OHCHR] Geneva -- There have been repeated attacks over the last six months by groups such as the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), as well as violence across communal lines, all resulting...
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:42:54 GMTAttack On UN Base in Mali Injures 12 German Soldiers
[VOA] Berlin -- The United Nations said 12 German troops and a Belgian soldier serving in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali were wounded Friday in an attack in the country's restive north.
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:14:43 GMTHostages of Ségué Parish Released, Including Parish Priest Fr. Dougnon
[Agenzia Fides] Bamako -- Fr. Léon Dougnon, parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes in Ségué, kidnapped on June 21 on the road that connects Ségué to San, in the Mopti region, in central Mali (see Fides, 23/6/2021) has been released. According to i...
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:25:12 GMTInstability Is Decimating Mali's Cultural Heritage
[ISS] Without a single prosecution, the illegal trade in artefacts is causing a catastrophic loss for the country.
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:43:31 GMTConcern Over the Abduction of Five Christians in Central Mali
[RFI] Local authorities in central Mali have confirmed that five Christians, traveling between Mopti and Ségou, have not reached their destination.
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:08:19 GMTSoldiers Injured in Huge Car Bomb, Sources Say Barkhane Force Was Target
[RFI] A huge car bomb attack that injured several soldiers on Monday in the town of Gossi in central Mali was aimed at France's Barkhane force, local sources told RFI's sister station France 24.
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:00:19 GMTFrench Troops Capture High-Ranking Islamic State Fighter in Mali
[RFI] French forces in Mali have captured a man they describe as a "high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara". Dadi Ould Chouaib, also known as Abou Dardar, was arrested on 11 June in the "tri-border" region between Niger, Mali...
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:38:06 GMTCentral Sahel - Ground Zero in Tackling Climate Change Through Education
[IPS] New York -- The climate crisis is amplifying the effects of instability and violence in the world's poorest countries. Nowhere is this more visible than in Africa's Central Sahel region, where increasing temperature, floods, droughts and other ...
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:40:01 GMTLiberia Deeply Concerned Over Military Takeover in Mali - Foreign Minister Tells 49th Inter-Ministerial Conference
[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.
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:58:09 GMTBasketball Federation Fails to Act on Sexual Assaults on Girls - Human Rights Watch
[HRW] Government, IOC, FIBA Should Investigate Players' Allegations
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:40:12 GMTNew Govt Meets to Discuss Reforms, Future Elections
[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...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:13:11 GMTSen. Snowe Condemns Malian Crisis
[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...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:06:55 GMTPartner of Missing French Journalist Fears Military Effort to Rescue Him
[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 ...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:35:53 GMTAlgeria Beats Mali to Extend Unbeaten Record
[CAF] Defending African champions Algeria extended their unbeaten run to 25 matches, after defeating Mali 1-0 in a friendly match on Sunday evening.