At least 21 people, including 11 children, were killed in drone attacks in the town of Tinzaouaten in northern Mali. A spokesperson for the coalition of Tuareg-majority groups, fighting for independence in northern Mali, said on Monday that drones had struck a pharmacy and a group of people, leaving dozens wounded. Mali’s army confirmed the…
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Military regime in Mali bans all political activities amid tensions.
The ruling military junta in Mali has suspended all political activities in the country until further notice. Since seizing power, solidified by a second coup in May 2021, the junta has undertaken numerous acts of defiance, severing longstanding ties with France and its European partners, and shifting its military and political allegiance towards Russia. A…
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger exit ECOWAS
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS. The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the Economic Community of West African States “without delay”. Struggling with jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have had…
500 Killed By Foreign, Local Military in Mali – UN
United Nations Human Rights (Geneva) A fact-finding report from the UN Human Rights Office has concluded there are strong indications that more than 500 people were killed – the vast majority summarily executed – by Malian troops and foreign military personnel during a five-day military operation in the village of Moura in the Mopti region…
Mali’s prime minister, Choguel Maïga, ‘ordered to rest’ by doctor
Politician’s office says move comes after ‘intense exertion’, while adviser denies reports of a stroke The prime minister of Mali, Choguel Maïga, has been ordered by his doctor to rest after months of intense exertion, his office said on Saturday, while an adviser denied media reports that he had been hospitalised after having a stroke….
EU imposes Sanctions on Mali’s Coup leaders.
By http://twitter.com/FaithNamagembe Updated at 1009 EAT on 5 February 2022. The European Union has placed targeted sanctions on several senior figures of Mali’s transitional government, including the prime minister, citing delayed elections and a lack of reforms. Others sanctioned included top military commanders who removed former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020, the…
Why Malians remember fallen Ex President Moussa Traore a tyrant.
Bamako, Mali- By E. K Benj Moussa Traore Mali’s former long-serving president has passed on Tuesday at 83 years, a family source source has confirmed. Traore ruled the West African nation for 22 years. Traore’s death comes just a month after another coup in Mali against immediate former president Ibrahim Keita. Keita was removed from…
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