Tag: Mali
Mali in mourning after three terrorist attacks with terrible results claimed by Jnim
This Saturday, September 9, Mali enters its second day of national mourning after the series of attacks claimed by Jnim, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims, linked to al-Qaeda…
Mali: dozens of civilian and military deaths in a double terrorist attack
According to a still provisional report, at least 64 people – 49 civilians and 15 soldiers – were killed on Thursday September 7 in two “terrorist” attacks targeting a passenger…
Bakary Togola, the “king of cotton” again in court
In Mali, he was nicknamed “the king of cotton”. After being acquitted in November 2021, in a case of “damage to public property” of an amount of approximately 10 billion…
Russia vetoes UN Mali sanctions resolution
Moscow and Bamako forced the hand of the United Nations (UN) Security Council and prevented the renewal of the sanctions regime in Mali. This regime was set up in 2017,…
Norway closes its embassy in Mali
full screen Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt. Archive image. Photo: Annika Byrde/Ntb/TT Norway is closing its embassy in Mali’s capital Bamako due to the security situation in the…
Russian veto on Mali sanctions
The military regime in Mali has forced the removal of peacekeeping forces mainly from France but also from Sweden. Even the UN peacekeeping mission Minusma is being forced out of…
Mali: Mohamed Chérif Koné removed from the judiciary for his positions
In Mali, Cheick Mohamed Chérif Koné was struck off Tuesday, August 29 from the order of magistrates. The decision, confirmed to RFI by his lawyer, was taken by the Superior…
Mali: bombings in Anefis, towards a resumption of the war between the State and the ex-rebels of the CMA?
In Mali, the ex-rebels of the CMA, signatories of the 2015 peace agreement, denounce new bombings of their positions on August 29, 2023 in Anefis, in the Kidal region. The…
UN concerned about “systematic and organized” violence in Mali
The UN Security Council is meeting this Monday, August 28, in New York to discuss the situation in Mali. On Friday, a United Nations expert report was alarmed at the…
Mali falls into the hands of the jihadists
Russian tanks enter Estonia, Madagascar retakes the Scattered Islands from France, Erdogan’s Turkey attacks the Imia Islands, the Charles de Gaulle sunk by China, Mali falls into the hands of…