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UN Security Council renews mandate of MINUSMA peacekeeping force

The UN Security Council has voted to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Mali despite the loss of air support from France. Also, healthcare workers in Zimbabwe are heading out on strike, demanding a tenfold increase of their wages and threatening to strike again if their demands are…

France 24

Mali vows to defy U.N. call to allow peacekeepers to investigate abuses

Mali vowed on Wednesday to defy a United Nations Security Council call for the West African country to allow freedom of movement for peacekeepers to investigate human rights abuses.

Reuters

Russia’s Wagner group in Mali spurs refugee spike in Mauritania

Malians are fleeing to nearby Mauritania to escape from bandits, fighters, the army and now Russian operatives.

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As Summit Host, Spain Urges NATO to Watch its Southern Flank

While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, Spain and other member nations are quietly pushing the Western alliance to consider how mercenaries aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are spreading Moscow's influence to Africa. As the host of the summit taking place…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Survivors recount Mali's deadliest attack since coup

Survivors have described how more than 100 people were killed in Mali in an attack by a Jihadi group just as villagers in central region were beginning to enjoy a peace deal signed last year in the West African country

The Independent UK

As summit host, Spain urges NATO to watch its southern flank

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid

The Independent UK

Mali junta passes new electoral law

Mali's military government on Friday passed a new electoral law, marking a step towards a return to constitutional rule amid regional pressure to hold elections since the junta first seized power in an August 2020 coup, a copy of the decree showed.

Reuters

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Cashew processing a tough nut to crack for Ivory Coast

Ivorian cashew processors face an uphill battle. Their bid to expand into processing faces competition from Asia. Also, Mali is sanctioned but Senegal loses out. The economic interdependence between the neighbours has left Senegalese traders struggling to cope with the knock-on effects of penalties imposed on Bamako. And amid months…

France 24

Malian army strikes jihadists after civilian massacre

Mali's army on Thursday said it had carried out air strikes against al-Qaeda-affiliated Macina Katiba jihadists in the country's centre following the massacre of at least 132 civilians last weekend.

Radio France Internationale

Mali in national mourning over civilian massacres in Sahel

Suspected jihadists massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the Sahel region. Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita has decreed three days of national mourning.

Radio France Internationale

Over 130 Malian civilians 'systematically' killed by suspected jihadists

Bamako (AFP) - Suspected jihadists massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the Sahel region.

AFP

Russia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers

Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali contend with a decade-long Islamic extremist insurgency

The Independent UK

EPL | Tottenham wards off competition from Man United to sign Brighton’s Yves Bissouma

Tottenham announced the signing of highly sought-after Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma from Brighton for a reported initial fee of £25 million

The Hindu

Champions League football with Spurs was music to the ears of new signing Yves Bissouma

The Mali international grew up watching and dreaming of being involved in the Champions League

The Independent UK

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France Claims Capture of Senior ISIS Figure in Mali

French troops in Mali have captured a senior member of the Sahel affiliate of the ISIS group, the French military said Wednesday. The arrest comes as France prepares to complete its withdrawal from Mali after almost a decade of battling insurgency in the country with the French-led Barkhane anti-insurgency force,…

France 24

Annecy Film Festival shows growing appetite for African animation

In tonight's edition: France says it has captured Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a top extremist figure in Mali. Also, Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala has been putting his country on the map as fastest man on the continent in the 100 metres. And as the world animation elite meets in the French mountain…

Radio France Internationale

French military captures Islamic State group leader in Mali

The French military on Wednesday said it had captured a top-ranking member of the Sahel affiliate of the Islamic State group.

Al Jazeera

France says it has captured Islamic State bigwig in Mali

Oumeya Ould Albakaye, ISGS’s chief of two provinces in Mali and Burkina Faso was captured this week.

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France claims capture of senior IS figure in Mali

Paris (AFP) - French troops in Mali have captured a senior member of the Sahel affiliate of the Islamic State group, the French military said Wednesday.

Reuters

France announces capture of senior Islamic State figure in Mali

France announced on Wednesday that soldiers from its operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa had captured Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior Islamic State figure in Mali.

Leeds Live

Brighton’s Yves Bissouma contract problem and how Leeds United can learn from it with Kalvin Phillips

The Mali midfielder looks set sign for Tottenham for just £25million a year after a £40million-plus valuation

France 24

South Sudan: WFP to suspend some food assistance due to funding gaps

In tonight's edition: A desperate lack of funding has forced the World Food Programme to suspend some food aid in South Sudan just as the country needs it most. We speak to the WFP's acting country director, Adeyinka Badejo. Also, survivors of one of the most brutal extremist attacks in…

Football London

Graham Potter's Yves Bissouma verdict hands Antonio Conte Champions League boost at Tottenham

Tottenham are close to securing their third summer signing in Yves Bissouma and the Mali international could hand Antonio Conte a Champions League boost next season

The Guardian - UK

Vieux Farka Touré: Les Racines review – exquisite return to the Malian source

The Malian guitarist returns to the spare style of his father in this haunting set addressing unrest in his homeland

Reuters

Senegal's Sall says compromise still possible with Mali on election dates

Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday he is still hopeful that a compromise can be reached with Mali's ruling military junta on the timeline for restoring democratic rule.

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