[DW] Military leaders in Mali and Guinea are under pressure to follow a roadmap for elections after coups in recent years. The sanctions consist of travel bans and asset freezes.

[New Dawn] The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situations in Guinea and Mali. The Summit was held in Accr...

[VOA] In response to human rights violations, the U.S. suspended Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on Tuesday, ending each nation's duty-free access to the American market.

[RFI] Sophie Pétronin, a French charity worker who was held hostage in northern Mali for four years and released in October 2020, returned to the West African country in March to join her adopted daughter, according to RFI.

[White House] Washington, DC -- STATEMENTS AND RELEASES TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

[RFI] Tuesday marks the eight-year anniversary of the deaths of RFI journalist Ghislaine Dupont, and Claude Verlon, audio engineer, who were murdered after they were kidnapped while reporting in Kidal in northern Mali. Their deaths also mark the Inte...

[HRW] Alleged Killings by Military, Armed Islamist Groups Go Unpunished

[UN News] The UN Special Representative for Mali told the Security Council on Friday that despite collective efforts, "the reality is that the security situation has deteriorated and the crisis is deepening", across the northwest African nation.

[ICRC] Geneva -- Ahead of COP26 the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Robert Mardini, has issued a statement following a visit to Mali.

[OHCHR] UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris is due to undertake a six-day visit to Mali starting 1 November to engage with a wide range of interlocutors on the human rights situation in Mali and the broader Sahel region...

[USIP] Armed coup attempts have struck five countries of the greater Sahel. Better policies can help reverse that.

[ICRC] Bamako/Geneva -- Ahead of COP26 the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Robert Mardini, has issued a statement following a visit to Mali.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- ECOWAS representative Hamidou Boly was on October 25, 2021 named persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave Mali.

[This Day] -Gives him 72 hours to leave country

[The Conversation Africa] France has begun withdrawing its troops from northern Mali as part of plans to reorganise its anti-insurgent forces deployed in the Sahel region under Operation Barkhane. French army bases in Kidal, Tessalit and Timbuktu wil...

[East African] The Malian transition government has ordered the representative of the West African regional bloc Ecowas to leave the country, accusing him of working against its interest.

[Centre 4s] Nouakchott -- Dear friends - With Security Council ongoing visit to Mali with Kenya its current chair and Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere, of France, there are no alternative to optimism. The present visit comes at an interesting though tur...

[Nation] Kenya is leading a UN Security Council delegation to Mali to discuss transition from a crisis occasioned by a coup earlier last year.

[HRW] Bamako -- Malian authorities should investigate a spate of alleged summary executions, enforced disappearances, and incommunicado detentions by government security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations Security Council, visi...

[UN News] An ambitious project to raise awareness about rising insecurity and mass displacement in the Sahel has resulted in an original musical score from Mali songwriter Vieux Farka Touré.

[RFI] An investigation is underway after the death of a 29-year-old French soldier during a maintenance operation in Mali, the French Army Chief of Staff said Wednesday.

[VOA] Bamako, Mali -- A Franciscan nun from Colombia kidnapped by jihadis in Mali in 2017 was freed Saturday, a statement from Mali's presidential office said.

[Nairobi News] Kenyans have shared their anger and frustration on social media after the men's national football team was thrashed 5-0 by Mali in a 2022 Fifa World Cup qualification match in Morocco on Thursday night.

[RSF] On the initiative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), 12 large and medium-sized French cities are going to join Paris in displaying huge photos of Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who has been held hostage by an armed group in Mali for the p...

[CAF] Ibrahima Kone was the toast of the Malian side as he scored a hattrick and laid out one assist Les Aigles soared over Harambee Stars with an affirming 5-0 victory in Agadir in their third qualification match for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

[Nation] Harambee Stars coach Engin Firat has named youngster Henry Meja in the starting XI that will take on Mali in a Fifa World Cup qualifier in Morocco on Wednesday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The last time Kenya played Mali was in 2004, in an Africa Cup of Nations group match which the latter won 3-1, legendary striker Fredrick Kanoute scoring twice and Titus Mulama scoring Kenya's consolation.

[Nairobi News] Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma is set to miss the crunch 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match versus Kenya in Morocco on Thursday, October 7, 2021, amid reports he's been dramatically arrested in England.