[HRW] Army, Armed Islamists Should End Atrocities; Independent Inquiries Urgently Needed

[HRW] Petaka, January 16, 2022

[This is Africa] Google Arts and Culture has created a virtual gallery to showcase Malian culture. In partnership with Timbuktu Resistance, UNESCO World Heritage, SAVAMA-DCI, and Instruments for Africa, the exploration is detailed and categorised in ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Bamako/Mali -- Soldiers in Mali have been responsible for killing at least 71 civilians since early December, a leading rights group said in a report on Tuesday.

[RFI] A video has emerged of the French journalist Olivier Dubois who has been held hostage since April 2021.

[RSF] Following the past weekend's circulation of a new undated video of Olivier Dubois, a French journalist held hostage in Mali for the past 11 months, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the French and Malian authorities to redouble efforts t...

[The Conversation Africa] Eight years have passed since the French military launched its operations in Mali at the request of Mali's then interim government.

[Premium Times] Of that figure, 108 were rescued in 2020 and 18 persons in 2021 respectively and another 500 have been convicted so far by NAPTIP.

[VOA] Bamako, Mali -- A Malian delegation is expected in Mauritania's capital Friday to discuss the alleged disappearance of several Mauritanians on Malian territory.

[TechCrunch] Google, working with historians from West Africa, has been working to digitize contemporary art, cultural and historic sites about Mali, and the digital library went live on Google Art & Culture (GAC) today, making these items available ...

[Centre 4s] The war raging in Ukrainia since February 24 is tragic in terms of its ensuing human losses and the massive material destruction that have already been done. It is particularly central due to the issues opposing the many states involved. ...

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia is on the verge on losing the flights of the only airliner making daily trips to the country due to the ongoing crisis in Mali and a trip to France by the Minister of Transport, Mr. Samuel Wlue, could not salvage...

[VOA] Bamako -- Videos of an alleged massacre in central Mali are circulating on social media, with locals saying those killed were ethnic Fulani men whom security forces arrested in late February and early March. Mali's military this week denied any...

[Egypt Online] The Armed Forces mourned on Tuesday 8/3/2022 the death of two members of the Egyptian peacekeeping forces in Mali in an IED explosion while carrying out a mission, Military Spokesman Gharib Abdel Hafez said.

[VOA] Bamako, Mali -- The French army says it has killed one of the leaders of al-Qaida in Mali. The news comes as French forces are preparing to withdraw from the country.

[UN News] A convoy from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) hit an improvised explosive device north of Mopti on Monday, killing at least two 'blue helmets', and wounding four others.

[VOA] Bamako, Mali -- Three days of mourning have been declared in Mali after the deadliest attack on Malian soldiers in months.

[allAfrica] After Paris announced the withdrawal of its troops from Mali on February 17, 2022, along with the reorganisation of its military force Barkhane, and of the European Force "Takuba", the country has now decided to freeze its civil cooperati...

[CAF] Mali's Hamari Traoré is one of the main men at French Ligue 1 side Stade Rennes this season.

[Africa In Fact] France and its partners' decision to withdraw their troops from Mali after nearly 10 years of fighting a jihadist insurgency echoes the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan. However, this situation may present an opportunity to defy...

[DW] As Russian missiles hit Ukraine, experts are warning that the impact of the conflict is bound to reverberate across the African continent.

[USIP] Washington, DC -- Five military coups around the Sahel show the U.S. needs better policies. Here are three first steps.

[VOA] The security of civilians in Mali has improved in recent years, but the country must remain vigilant, according to human rights experts.

[RFI] Chad says it will increase its contribution to the United Nations Minusma peacekeeping mission in Mali, as France discusses with the UN Security Council how its decision to pull troops out of Mali will impact the mission.

[OCHA] GENEVA / BAMAKO (22 February 2022) -- There have been some improvements in the security and human rights situation in Mali, a UN human rights expert said on Tuesday, but he warned this should not conceal the serious challenges that lie ahead...

[Premium Times] The girls, one of them having a three-year-old boy and two pregnant, were released with the support of Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Nigeria (A-TIPSOM).

[VOA] Bamako, Mali -- The Malian defense ministry said late Friday in a statement that eight soldiers have been killed, 14 wounded, and five are missing, following clashes with militants Friday afternoon in northern Mali.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- At a press conference this morning French President Emmanuel Macron said that France's military withdrawal from Mali will take four to six months, during which time there will be fewer operations against Islamist militants in...

[VOA] Bamako, Mali -- The military government of Mali says France's decision to withdraw troops is a violation of bilateral accords. At the same time, the government says it wants French forces to leave Mali immediately.

[RFI] France was welcomed as a saviour in Mali in January 2013 after it sent in troops to fight jihadism in the north of the country. Nine years on, the insurgency has grown and many Malians are applauding France's departure, suggesting it failed in ...