The Latest Breaking News from Mali

Niger Coup Leader Visits Mali, Burkina In First Foreign Trip

Niger's military ruler General Abdourahamane Tiani on Thursday met with his counterparts in Mali and Burkina Faso in his first international visits since seizing power in July.

International Business Times · Nov 23, 2023

First photos of Wagner Group operating in Mali hit social media

The Malian army took back the town of Kidal from a coalition of Tuareg separatists known as the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP) on November 14, with help from mercenaries with the Russian military contractor, the Wagner Group. The Wagner mercenaries allowed local people to take…

France 24 · Nov 20, 2023

US war on terror in Africa: 75,000% rise

The number of terrorist attacks on the continent increased from 9 to 6,756 amid America's Forever Wars

Salon · Nov 16, 2023

Africa's Sahel region: A media desert

Ten years ago, French radio journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon were murdered by a commando from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in the north-eastern Malian town of Kidal. Since then, the security situation in Africa’s Sahel region has continually worsened. Today, the vast area stretching from Mauritania to…

France 24 · Nov 2, 2023

Rights groups report widespread war crimes across Africa’s Sahel region with communities under siege

Rights groups say in new reports that security forces and armed groups are committing alleged war crimes against civilians in Africa’s Sahel region where extremists and rebels are increasingly fighting to exert dominance and control resources in communities

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

Tuareg rebels in Mali take over former UN camp in strategic northern town

Separatist Tuareg rebels in northern Mali claim to have taken over a camp evacuated by the UN in the strategic town of Kidal, a significant development in an ongoing battle for territory.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2023

Head of African football says he wants to get Mali FA president out of jail

The president of the Caf has said it is his ‘duty’ to ensure the head of Mali’s FA is released from prison, in comments that may contravene Fifa’s code of ethics

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

Questions remain a decade after Mali murders of RFI reporters

RFI reporters Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon were shot dead in northern Mali on 2 November 2013 after concluding an interview with a Tuareg leader. Ten years later, questions remain about what happened that day.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2023

Norway to help plug 'funding hole' in aid to troubled Sahel region

Norway is to give an extra 3.3 million in aid to countries in West Africa's troubled Sahel region, where a string of successive coups has set off a vast humanitarian crisis. The Nordic nation has already donated 20 million euros so far this year.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 27, 2023

Bex Burch: There Is Only Love and Fear review – messy minimalism that grooves hard

The percussionist shares characteristics with Steve Reich or John Adams, but intersects this with sounds from Mali, Bali and Latin America in a freakish fusion of jazz, techno and funk

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023