The Latest Breaking News from Mali

Former Malian footballer Salif “Domingo” Këita, who passed away on 2 September in Bamako, embodied a crucial moment in the history of African football, helping shape its relationship with the world. His influence was also felt in Europe, when he helped shine a light on the rights of French footballers…

The French troops who are being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of defense in efforts led by the West, particularly the U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region

Just months after the UN security council greenlighted its peacekeepers' exit from Mali, a new report by the Stimson Centre warns of a "crisis of consent" between the body and the countries relying on its help. Meanwhile, France's announcement that it will bring some 1500 counterterrorism troops back from Niger…

Mali's military government has announced a delay in presidential elections scheduled for February that would return the country to civilian rule.

Mali’s ruling junta on Monday announced a delay to a presidential election scheduled for February that was aimed at returning civilian leaders to power in the jihadist-hit West African nation.

Government spokesman cites technical reasons linked to the adoption of a new constitution in a June 18 referendum.

This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the concept of Françafrique and the collapse of French influence in its former colonies. What have been the catalysts for the successive coup d’états in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger and Gabon over the past three years?

The change comes after Niger's democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. French troops pulled out of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in recent years after coups there.

The military rulers had been demanding the exit of envoy and troops after Macron refused to recognise the July coup.

The UN chief has called it an epidemic of coups. In Africa, since 2020, military officers have seized power, or attempted to do so, in numerous sub-Saharan countries. Just in the last two and a half months, soldiers in Gabon announced a takeover of power, while in Niger, members of…

City shelled as tens of thousands of people remain almost completely cut off from world and UN peacekeepers withdraw.