Mali’s military junta has suspended all political activity indefinitely, in a move following last year’s decision to halt elections. Global leaders have expressed concern over the military’s apparent reluctance to relinquish its control of Bamako. “The transition government has already made a
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An official in Mali says more than 70 people are dead after an unregulated gold mine collapsed late last week, and a search continues amid fears the toll could rise. Karim Berthé, a senior official at the government’s
The United Nations ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali on Monday following the government’s request that alleged the force was inadequate to respond to growing violent extremism in the West African nation. “The Malian terrain was vast and difficult,” the commander
Authorities say dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, posing a new threat to the West African nation struggling with extremist attacks and political turbulence. The director general of health and public hygiene, Dr. Cheick Amadou Tidiane Traore, told The Associated
A German priest who was abducted by al-Qaida-linked rebels in Mali’s capital in November 2022 has been released by his captors, a former colleague told The Associated Press on Monday. Church members in the capital of Bamako learned of the release of
Mercenaries from the Wagner Group are making £8million a month waging war in Mali as it exchanges African gold to help fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine, according to reports. Business for the terror group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until his violent death in
Suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men from the Dogon ethnic group hostage after ambushing several public transport buses in central Mali earlier this week, a community leader said Friday. Bocar Guindo said that armed men initially kidnapped about 40 people
United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday withdrew from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali weeks earlier than planned because of growing insecurity, leaving the town in the hands of ethnic Tuareg separatists. Underscoring the uptick in violence, at least two peacekeepers were wounded
United Nations peacekeepers started departing from two bases in northern Mali Monday as part of a forced withdrawal from the country amid increasing insecurity and a rise in attacks by Islamic extremists. The U.N. mission said it wanted to complete its departure
Niger’s junta has reported a loss of at least 29 Nigerien soldiers in an attack perpetrated by jihadists near the country’s border with Mali. This incident marks another distressing development in their ongoing struggle to curb a series of attacks. In the