[MSF] Since September 2025 in Mali, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) have been preventing fuel imports from neighbouring countries, such as Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Senegal, from reaching Bamako and other cities, including...

[UNOWAS] Dakar -- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, today concluded a two-day official solidarity visit to Bamako, Mali.

[People's Dispatch] As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted Mali's first international defense ...

[HRW] Apparent Military Drone Strike Kills Civilians

[The Conversation Africa] Mali has been struggling for over a decade to defeat "jihadists" around Gao, Kidal and Ségou. Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), linked to al-Qaida, is believed to be the most vicious of the terrorist groups o...

[HRW] Nairobi -- African Union Should Urgently Take Action to Promote Accountability for Abuses

[RFI] Mali's media regulator the HAC has suspended French broadcasters LCI and TF1 over allegedly using "unverified statements and falsehoods" regarding jihadists in this Sahelian country, according to a decision seen by French press agency AFP Frida...

[Premium Times] Will the JNIM take over Bamako? It does not seem likely! They appear to be pushing a strategy of regime implosion, as life becomes impossible for Malians.

[RFI] The number of foreigners kidnapped by jihadists in Mali has reached a record high, with at least 22 taken hostage by the al-Qaeda affiliate group JNIM in the last six months, as part of its strategy to undermine the ruling junta.

[Afrobarometer] Majority of citizens say African countries should have a greater say in international decision-making bodies such as the United Nations.

[allAfrica] A young Malian TikToker, Mariam Cissé, has been seized and executed by suspected jihadists after being accused of supporting the army.

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[HRW] Mariam Cissé's TikToks of Her Daily Life Reached Thousands

[RFI] The president of the African Union Commission has expressed "deep concern" over the security situation in Mali and an ongoing jihadist blockade that has impacted civilians, and called for "urgent international action". Given the situation, Fran...

[Daily Trust] Classes gradually resumed on Monday in Bamako and several other Malian cities following a two-week pause due to fuel shortages from a jihadist blockade, according to local sources contacted by AFP.

[Afrobarometer] One in four adults say they have considered emigrating.

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[MFWA] On Wednesday November 5, 2025, Malick Aliou Maïga, a Radio Aadar Koïma journalist was arrested by Malian gendarmerie in Gao, northern Mali. The reasons for his arrest remain unclear. He was, however, released on Thursday, November 6,...

[RFI] The Malian city of Mopti has been plunged into darkness for weeks as a fuel blockade by jihadists tied to al-Qaeda cripples power supplies.

[RFI] An ongoing fuel blockade initiated by the JNIM jihadist group in Mali has brought the landlocked Sahel nation's economy to a near standstill. In an effort to isolate the capital, Bamako, and exert pressure on the ruling junta, the militants hav...

[HRW] Authorities Should Urgently Locate, Release Cheick Oumar Diallo

[The Conversation Africa] Mali's military regime is coming under increasing pressure from Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an armed group linked to al-Qaida that now controls large swathes of territory across the Sahel region of western ...

[The Conversation Africa] A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali's capital. For over a month, they have attacked convoys supplying Bamako with fuel, putting considerable pressure on the military jun...

[The Conversation Africa] When the military overthrew the democratically elected government in Mali in 2020, coup leader General Assimi Goita promised to root out jihadists in the north of the country. Mali had been struggling to defeat them for near...

[Agenzia Fides] Bamako -- "This morning at dawn, a convoy of 1,000 fuel tankers, escorted by the army, was greeted by a cheering crowd in Bamako," local sources told Fides, describing the situation in the Malian capital, where unrest is growing due t...

[HRW] Junta Closes Schools, Universities Nationwide