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Thirteen on trial over 'racist' stunt targeting French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura

Thirteen people linked to a far-right group appeared in a Paris court on Wednesday on charges of publicly inciting racial hatred against French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura, who faced harassment over her performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

Radio France Internationale

Extremists kill dozens of soldiers at a Mali military base, sources say

Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali

The Independent UK

Al-Qaida affiliate attacks Mali army bases as junta struggles to contain jihadist threat

Attack in Timbuktu comes as Islamist group JNIM claims separate assault near border with Burkina Faso

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Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas – new survey suggests why

A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government’s handling of the terrorist threat in the northern region and of the Alliance of Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The survey was carried out by Afrobarometer, an independent, pan-African research network, in partnership with the…

The Conversation

Funding terror: how west Africa’s deadly jihadists get the money they need to survive

The west Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s.

The Conversation

In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands

U.S. funding cuts have hit a local language learning program in Mali that empowered thousands

The Independent UK

‘Xenophobic’: Neighbours outraged over Mauritania’s mass migrant pushback

Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation.

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Mali dissolves all political parties as opposition figures disappear

Mali’s military government has shut down all political parties and banned their activities across the country. Anyone who disobeys the order faces sanctions.

Radio France Internationale

Mali's leader dissolves political parties and bans meetings of their members

A government official says the president of Mali’s transitional government has signed a decree dissolving political parties amid a backdrop of pro-democracy opposition

The Independent UK

Mali dissolves all political parties after opposition figures ‘arrested’

Human rights groups say politicians have been forcibly disappeared in recent days

Al Jazeera

Mali Dissolves Political Parties In Blow To Junta Critics

Mali's military government on Tuesday dissolved the west African country's political parties, according to a presidency decree, the latest attempt to clamp down on the opposition since the junta seized power.

International Business Times

“We’re an African band who make hard rock. Before Songhoy Blues, you’d never hear anyone do this. It’s like a little Rolling Stones from Mali”: Songhoy Blues’ Garba Touré created his own crossover guitar style – now he’s changing it up again

From “African rock, African roll” to a new exploration of traditional instruments, techniques and tunings – the exiled artist continues to build bridges with new album Héritage

Guitar World

Where do jihadist groups in the Sahel get their weapons?

Jihadist groups in the Sahel region are arming themselves largely through looting their countries' own military stockpiles, new research reveals, debunking theories that jihadists are being supplied by foreign weapons pipelines such as France.

Radio France Internationale

2 activists who criticized Mali military rulers were seized and taken away, relatives say

At least two Malian pro-democracy activists have been taken away in Bamako by armed men after criticizing the military government and calling for a return to constitutional order and elections

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Malian political parties postpone banned protest but vow to fight on

Around 100 political parties in Mali have rejected the military junta’s suspension of all political activity and vowed to reschedule a banned protest. The move comes amid growing anger over plans to extend the junta leader’s rule by five years and dissolve all parties.

Al Jazeera

‘A step too far’: Mali military’s move to hold on to power prompts revolt

Civic spaces are shrinking under Goita’s rule, democracy activists say, as the military suspends ‘political activity’.

Al Jazeera

Mali’s military government suspends political parties’ activities

Decree signed by General Goita suspends activities ‘until further notice’, citing ‘reasons of public order’.

The Independent UK

Mali's military government is suspending political parties' activities, state TV says

State media say Mali’s military government has announced the suspension of political party activities in the West African country “until further notice.”

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Protests grow in Mali as opposition leader faces trial over junta criticism

A prominent opposition leader in Mali will stand trial next month for criticising the country’s military rulers, as tensions escalate over a plan to dissolve political parties and delay a return to civilian rule. The arrest of Mamadou Traoré, a vocal critic of the junta, comes amid protests in Bamako…

The Independent UK

Hundreds of activists stage Mali's first pro-democracy rally in years since coups

Hundreds of activists defied threats from Mali’s military government and demonstrated over the weekend in the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took power by force almost four years ago

The Conversation

Burkina Faso and Mali’s fabulous flora: new plant life record released

The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries.

The Independent UK

UN calls for Mali to probe alleged executions by army and Russian mercenaries

United Nations experts have urged Malian authorities to investigate reports of alleged summary executions and forced disappearances by the army and Russian mercenaries

Radio France Internationale

Mali forum backs five-year presidency for junta leader Assimi Goïta

A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country’s president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025.

The Independent UK

Mali national dialogue recommends naming junta leader president and dissolving political parties

A national political conference launched by Mali’s military regime has recommended naming junta leader Gen. Assimi Goita, who seized power following coups in 2020 and 2021, as president

The Independent UK

Algeria drafts wartime mobilization bill amid regional tensions

Algeria’s government proposed a law to streamline military mobilization amid tensions with neighboring countries Morocco and Mali, as well as former colonial ruler France

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