[Leadership] Former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has warned that if Nigeria continues with the current trend of doing things in 2023, the country should expect a plunge in the worst insecurity like the situation in Mali and Burkina Faso.

[allAfrica] The national police will once again become a military body and undergo the same training according to proposals from the government, if a new Bill is approved by the National Transitional Council.

[RFI] Mali's proposed new constitution will shift the balance of executive power from the parliament towards the president. Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita received a draft of the proposed constitution this week. The document, which is a key part o...

[Ghanaian Times] Accra Hearts of Oak have released rates for Sunday's second preliminary round game against Malian side AS Real Bamakoat the Accra Sports Stadium.

[Ghanaian Times] Referee Yelebodom Gado Mawabwe Bodjona has been appointed to officiate the CAF

[Ghanaian Times] Fans of Accra Hearts of Oak have been asked to remain calm and stay united ahead of the second leg of the on-going CAF Confederation Cup tie against AS Real de Bamako of Mali at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.

[Daily Trust] The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said Mali, Libya and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) are top on the list of countries Nigerians, especially the youths, migrate to.

[CFR] Blaming external actors for the country's woes accomplishes little for the Malian people.

[The Point] State House, Banjul, 28th September 2022: Following its extra-ordinary Summit held on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York, the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State has identified three Heads of State and Government, H.E. President Adama B...

[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African leaders have launched a high-level panel to assess the situation in the Sahel and make recommendations on ways to foster international engagement and map out responses to the region's compl...

[DW] Malian Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga said the country had been "stabbed in the back" by Paris following the withdrawal of French troops. He also slammed UN chief Antonio Guterres over a spat with the Ivory Coast.

[RFI] Flights in and out of airports in a number of countries in West and Central Africa have ground to a halt after air traffic controllers defied a ban and launched a "wildcat strike" on Friday to demand better working conditions.

[UN News] Authorities in Mali are moving along the path to political transition and institutional reform while combating terrorism and other insecurity, Acting Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga said in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Saturday.

[MAP] Casablanca -- Moroccan Blind Soccer squad won the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), after its victory by 2 goals to 0 against its Malian counterpart, Friday in El Mansouria (Benslimane province).

[State Department] On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Mali on the 62nd anniversary of your independence.

[African Union] African Union Commission Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS), Labour, Employment and Migration Division (LEM) organized in close cooperation with the International Centre for Migration Policy Develo...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Bamako has responded to Abidjan's call for the Economic Community of West African States to get involved in the row between Cote d'Ivoire and Mali concerning Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali. Abidjan recently requested a qui...

[ISS] The issue here is not which combatant the Russian military company is backing but its treatment of civilians.

[RFI] Mali's junta has launched a week-long national reconciliation forum in a bid to bring civil society and political groups together as part of a roadmap towards a return to democratic rule.

[VOA] Bamako -- Mali's military government has called Ivory Coast's request for a regional meeting on Ivorian troops detained in Mali since July "intimidation" and "blackmail." Ivory Coast accuses Mali of holding its troops hostage.

[allAfrica] The National Security Council (CNS) held an an extraordinary meeting in Abidjan, chaired by President Alassane Ouattara on September 14, 2022. The meeting agenda centred on the detention of 46 Cote d' Ivorian soldiers in Mali. The CNS sla...