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Government found 28 bodies northwest of Burkina Faso

Mali nonuplets nine babies halima cisse
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Mali nonuplets: Nine babies ‘in perfect health’ celebrate their first birthday

Russian military advisor killed by a road bomb in Mali
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A road bomb explosion killed Russian military ‘advisor’ in Mali

Crime Scene
Africa News

Government found 28 bodies northwest of Burkina Faso

Mali nonuplets nine babies halima cisse
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Mali nonuplets: Nine babies ‘in perfect health’ celebrate their first birthday

Russian military advisor killed by a road bomb in Mali
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A road bomb explosion killed Russian military ‘advisor’ in Mali

Helicopters in Mali
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Two Russian combat helicopters land in Mali

By Agence France-Presse18-04-2022 18:54

Two more combat helicopters and surveillance radars announced to be delivered from Russia to Mali this Monday.

Mali film
Entertainment

‘Tamadjrezt’: Tuareg filmmaker turns the lens on women in Mali

By AFP07-03-2022 12:37

Fati Walet Issa, a young filmmaker from northern Mali, shines a light on women in a conservative and conflict-ridden state in her film.

US army confirms Russian merce
World News

US army confirms Russian mercenaries in Mali

By Agence France-Presse22-01-2022 07:00

The US army has confirmed the presence of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Mali, which the African nation’s government has denied amid increasingly strained relations with the West.

On the prowl: Mali child cat h
Africa News

On the prowl: Mali child cat hunters honour age-old tradition

By Agence France-Presse13-01-2022 11:19

Fifteen-year-old Kadi Ben Wahab puffs out his chest and poses for a photo with several friends, before setting off to hunt cats in northern Mali’s Timbuktu.

Mali strongman open to dialogu
Africa News

Mali strongman open to dialogue despite ‘inhumane’ sanctions

By Agence France-Presse11-01-2022 10:04

Mali’s strongman leader Assimi Goita said Monday Bamako remained open to dialogue after the West African bloc ECOWAS imposed stringent sanctions on the troubled Sahel country over delayed elections.

W. African bloc to impose bord
Africa News

W. African bloc to impose border closures, embargo on Mali junta

By Agence France-Presse10-01-2022 07:20

West African leaders on Sunday backed tough new sanctions on Mali including border closures and a trade embargo, saying the military regime’s delays to a return to civilian rule were “totally unacceptable”.

Explosions hit UN camps in Mal
Africa News

Explosions hit UN camps in Mali

By Agence France-Presse05-12-2021 15:30

Despite the presence of thousands of French and UN troops, the conflict has engulfed central Mali and spread to neighbours Burkina and Niger

Mali junta ‘regrets’ West Afri
Africa News

Mali junta ‘regrets’ West African sanctions

By Agence France-Presse09-11-2021 13:52

In a final declaration following Sunday’s summit, ECOWAS said it “highly deplores the lack of progress” towards staging elections in Mali

Mali army probes abuse claims
Africa News

Mali army probes abuse claims

By Agence France-Presse04-11-2021 22:25

A report last year from the United Nations’s peacekeeping mission in Mali also accused Malian forces of carrying out 101 executions

Three Chinese hostages in Mali
Africa News

Three Chinese hostages in Mali rescued after escape

By Agence France-Presse02-11-2021 11:28

The escaped Chinese hostages are in reasonable health, according to the Mali army, which hailed their “bravery and pugnacity”

Mali government denies approvi
Africa News

Mali government denies approving jihadist negotiations

By Agence France-Presse22-10-2021 14:38

France – which intervened in Mali, has thousands of troops in the country – views talks with jihadist groups as anathema

French troops kill senior jiha
Africa News

French troops kill senior jihadist fighter in Mali: army

By Agence France-Presse21-10-2021 12:24

“Two air strikes were unleashed, the vehicle destroyed and the five occupants neutralised,” the French army said of the Jihadist

Rare jihadist kidnapping in so
Africa News

Rare jihadist kidnapping in southern Mali: security sources

By Agence France-Presse21-10-2021 11:29

Kidnappings have been common in Mali since the country was plunged into turmoil in 2012 when Jihadist insurgency first erupted in the north

Algeria tells France to ‘decol
Africa News

Algeria tells France to ‘decolonise its history’ in new spat

By Agence France-Presse06-10-2021 21:40

“It’s not the role of the French army to fill in for the ‘non-work,’ if I may describe it, of the Malian state,” he told French media

Sixteen soldiers killed in cen
Africa News

Sixteen soldiers killed in central Mali attack

By Agence France-Presse06-10-2021 20:58

Despite the presence of thousands of French and UN troops, the conflict has engulfed central Mali and spread to Burkina Faso and Niger

Mali’s chaotic roads: Learner
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Mali’s chaotic roads: Learner drivers undeterred and determined

By AFP27-09-2021 17:35

Roads in the Sahel state are notoriously noisy and chaotic: they are often unsealed, plagued by daredevil drivers and prone to wandering cows.

MALI-RUSSIA-DEMO
World News

French defence minister warns Mali against Russian ‘mercenary’ firm

By AFP21-09-2021 11:01

The minister explained that France’s “abandonment” of Mali meant “everything had to be considered to secure the country,” the official said.

FRANCE-MALI-DIPLOMACY-ECONOMY-DEBT
Africa News

Mali officials make key gesture to ousted ex-president Bah Ndaw

By AFP09-09-2021 13:36

Ndaw had been appointed transitional president after a coup in August 2020 that toppled Mali’s elected head of state, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

CHAD-POLITICS-DEFENCE-ANNIVERSARY
Africa News

Impunity rules as juntas take over in Mali, Chad, Guinea

By AFP07-09-2021 09:40

France, Chad’s main trading and strategic partner, gave its blessing to the new leadership, refraining from calling what took place a coup.

MALI-UNREST-POLITICS
Africa News

Man accused of trying to kill Mali president dies in custody

By AFP26-07-2021 09:36

The jihadist insurgency erupted in the north of Mali in 2012, and has spread. Thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed.

Pitso Mosimane Kaizer Chiefs
Soccer

Mosimane on a national team he’d like to coach, and it’s not Bafana Bafana

By Ernest Makhaya11-07-2021 15:05

Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane has revealed the national team he would like to coach in the future, and it’s NOT Bafana Bafana.

Mali nonuplets nine babies halima cisse
Africa News

Mali nonuplets: Nine babies being treated in incubators, mother ‘doing well’

By Storm Simpson and AFP07-05-2021 01:22

Halima Cisse, 25, from Mali gave birth to nine premature babies on Tuesday. The newborns are being treated with incubators in Morocco.

African Union suspends Mali ov
Africa News

African Union suspends Mali over military coup and detained leaders

By AFP19-08-2020 19:14

The African Union (AU) on Wednesday suspended Mali a day after its leaders were detained by mutineering soldiers.

Cyril Ramaphosa
Africa News

Mali unrest: Ramaphosa calls for release of president and prime minister

By Andrea Chothia19-08-2020 16:46

According to reports, the president, prime minister and other government officials were detained by the military in Mali following a coup.

Mali president announces resig
Africa News

Mali president announces resignation after rebel troops launch coup

By AFP19-08-2020 06:59

Leaders of a military coup in Mali said they would enact a political transition and stage elections within a ‘reasonable time’.

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