[ISS] Violent protests in DRC and Mali highlight fundamental aspects of peace missions that need reform.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Increase Protection Capabilities of Security Forces, UN Peacekeepers

[New Times] Rwanda U -- Rwanda U-23 football team headed to the Malian capital, Bamako, on Tuesday, October 25, ahead of their second leg of the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers against Mali, on October 29.

[New Times] Amavubi U23 host Mali in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the 2023 U23 AFCON qualifier at Huye Stadium on Saturday, October 22.

[RFI] Mali's foreign affairs minister says the military government will exercise its right to self-defence if France "continues to undermine'" the country's sovereignty and national security.

[Camer.be] The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali, Abdoulaye Diop, took part in the United Nations Security Council, on October 18, devoted to the quarterly report of the Secretary General of the United ...

[ICRC] In Mali, people's lives continue to be heavily impacted by the conflict there. Back in September, Martin Schüepp, the new director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Sarah Epprecht, the ICRC's new directo...

[UN News] The situation in Mali continues to justify sustained international attention and engagement, the top UN official in the West African country told the Security Council on Tuesday.

[DW] The UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA reported that one of its vehicles hit a bomb next to a highway in Mali's northeast. More than 70 peacekeepers in Mali have been killed by explosives since 2013, the mission said.

[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.

[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.

[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.