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Mali's military junta holds referendum expected to pave the way to elections

Malian voters cast ballots on a new draft constitution Sunday in a referendum that the country's coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new elections in 2024, but critics have called it a delay tactic to extend his time in power.

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Mali asks UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission ‘without delay’

The West African nation’s military rulers criticised MINUSMA’s ‘failure’ to respond to security challenges.

Al Jazeera

Mali divided before referendum vote to pave way for elections

The June 18 referendum could pave the way for presidential elections to hold in Mali in February 2024.

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Everton-linked striker El Bilal Toure tops Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Erling Haaland in key area

Everton have been linked with a move for Almeria's Mali international striker El Bilal Toure

Liverpool Echo

One UN peacekeeper dead, four others injured in north Mali attack

More than 300 of the peacekeepers in MINUSMA have also been killed since the start of the Mali mission in 2013.

Al Jazeera

Has France lost its way in the Sahel?

France wants to achieve its ends mainly by defeating jihadists militarily, whereas local leaders want to secure political solutions through talks. Which looks a lot like a replay of old colonial-era dynamics, Rémi Carayol writes in this month's Le Monde Diplomatique.

Radio France Internationale

NGO raises alarm in Sahel as conflict, climate change claim more victims

More than 16 million people affected by conflict and climate change in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian aid, according to an American NGO report published on Monday.

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Campaign kicks off for Mali's long-awaited referendum on a new constitution

Campaigning for Mali's referendum on long-delayed changes to its constitution kicked off on Friday, ahead of the vote on 18 June. The country's military rulers say the new constitution has been drafted with the input of ordinary citizens, but some observers fear it will concentrate power in the hands of…

Radio France Internationale

How fighting in Sudan’s Darfur could worsen W Africa insecurity

Conflict poses threat to Chad and wider Sahel amid fears over arms proliferation and returning fighters, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, call for urgent aid

Two U.N. agencies are warning of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods

The Independent UK

Mali protesters demand exit of UN peacekeeping mission

Thousands of demonstrators in Bamako demanded an end to peacekeeping mission they say has failed to bring peace.

Al Jazeera

Russia offers support to Somalian army in fight against terrorist groups

Russia has offered military support to Somalia’s army in the war against terrorism

The Independent UK

Six months after Mali banned French funding for NGOs, how are aid groups coping?

Six months after Mali's interim authorities decided to block all French public funding for non-governmental organisations operating in the country, RFI spoke to workers on the ground about how they are managing.

Radio France Internationale

Germany extends military mission to Mali for one final year

Germany extended its military mission in Mali for one final year on Friday as Berlin aims to wind up by May 2024 a decade-old mission that has been hampered by disputes with the ruling military junta in Bamako and the arrival of Russian forces.

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The Independent UK

German parliament authorizes troops to stay in Mali for one final year

German lawmakers have given the go-ahead for the country’s troops to stay in Mali for up to another year

Al Jazeera

US accuses Wagner Group of supplying missiles to Sudan’s RSF

Washington warns that the Russian mercenary group is prolonging the conflict and causing ‘further chaos’ in Sudan.

Reuters

US warns Wagner Group seeking arms, slaps sanctions on group's head in Mali

The U.S. on Thursday said Russian mercenary force Wagner Group may be working through Mali and other countries to hide its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, and accused it of supplying a Sudanese paramilitary with surface-to-air missiles.

Reuters

Defence says Malian rebel in ICC trial was 'small fry'

Lawyers for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of war crimes told his trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday that their client was a just a small fish within the rebel group that took over Timbuktu.

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ICC prosecutors: Mali rebel ‘enthusiastic’ war crimes perpetrator

Defendant called key figure in al Qaeda-linked group that tormented Malians in closing arguments of war crimes trial.

Reuters

ICC prosecutors say Malian rebel was 'enthusiastic' war crimes perpetrator

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said a Malian Islamist rebel was a key figure in "blatant persecution" of the residents of Timbuktu and was an enthusiastic participant in war crimes.

Al Jazeera

US says Russia’s Wagner force eyes Mali as route for war supplies

Russian mercenary force said to be willing to falsify paperwork to use Mali as transit point for Ukraine war equipment.

The Times of India

US: Russia's Wagner group moving weapons to Ukraine via Mali

WASHINGTON: The US suspects Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group is trying to ship weapons to fighters in Ukraine through the West African nation of Mali, according to State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller.

Reuters

US says Russia's Wagner Group seeking to transit military equipment through Mali

The U.S. State Department on Monday said Russia's Wagner Group is trying to obscure its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, adding that Washington has been informed the mercenary force is seeking to move those acquisitions through Mali to aid Russia in its war.

The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds

Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians

The Independent UK

It’s the safe haven surrounded by jihadist radicals, Russian mercenaries and madcap dictators. Can it cling on?

Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum tells Kim Sengupta his beacon of democratic stability wants to forge deeper partnerships with the UK and other Western powers

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