Mali’s military government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup, a government spokesperson said Monday. The presidential election scheduled for February 2024 is being delayed for “technical reasons” to
Niger’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate
A prominent human rights group has reported grave atrocities committed in Mali’s central region involving the country’s military and suspected mercenaries linked to Russia’s Wagner Group. The abuse primarily occurred during military operations conducted in response to extremist groups’ presence in the
Malian authorities will launch an espionage prosecution against the people behind a U.N. report that accused the country’s military of committing human rights violations alongside Russian mercenaries, Mali’s public prosecutor said. The announcement comes amid growing uncertainty about the future of the
At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger buses collided with a truck in Mali, the government said. The accident occurred Tuesday morning between Fana and Konobougou cities in the country’s south, said Mama Djenepo, the secretary general
A second U.N. peacekeeper has died from injuries sustained during an attack in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate, the United Nations announced Monday. The attack Friday on a security patrol that was hit first by an
Malian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a village last year, the U.N. said Friday, significantly raising the death toll from what already has been called the worst single
$10,000 worth of cattle was stolen by Islamic extremists in Mali, with jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group using the proceeds to buy weapons and vehicles. The stolen cattle have funded insurgency across the war-torn West African nation and
Two aid workers with the International Committee of the Red Cross were freed in Mali on Monday, the organization announced. The staff members were released unharmed but the organization would not disclose the employees’ identities or the circumstances of the abduction. “We
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and several others severely wounded by a roadside bomb in central Mali on Tuesday, according to the U.N. The bomb struck a supply convoy near the village of Songobia, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission