Tag: Mali
the underside of the Bamako-Abidjan agreement still unknown
Abidjan and Bamako have found common ground. An agreement was reached Thursday, December 22 between the two parties for the release of 46 Ivorian soldiers detained since July 10 in…
the armed groups suspend their participation in the monitoring bodies of the Algiers agreement
The decision was announced this Thursday, December 22 in a press release from the Permanent Strategic Framework (CSP) which brings together all the armed groups in the North who signed…
Mali: NGOs fear general paralysis due to “extreme” controls
The Malian transitional authorities have provided details on the methods of application and control of the ban on NGOs carrying out activities supported by the French State, whether financially, but…
Germany maintains its military presence in Mali and Niger under conditions
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced Thursday, December 15 the active participation of Berlin in the new mission of the European Union for the training of local forces in Niger.…
the CMA is still awaiting its meeting on neutral ground on the peace agreement
In Mali, the international mediation in charge of monitoring the 2015 peace agreement responded, on December 14, to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA). The ex-rebels had officially requested, on…
The Swiss NGO Appel de Genève is banned in Mali
The Swiss NGO Appel de Genève is now banned in Mali. A decision taken by the Malian authorities of transition Thursday, December 15. We only learn that now. This ban…
two Minusma police officers killed in an attack in Timbuktu
Two Nigerian police officers from the United Nations mission in Mali were killed Friday in an attack in Timbuktu, in the north of the country. They were patrolling the city…
Karim Keïta reacts to US sanctions
The son of the late Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, a refugee in Côte d’Ivoire since the August 2020 military coup which brought down his father, proclaims his innocence in…
“Africa has become a geopolitical issue”
The United States-Africa summit opens Tuesday, December 13 in Washington. The leaders of 49 African countries and the African Union are invited for three days in the American capital, to…
no news of the German priest who disappeared three weeks ago
While we learned this weekend of the release of a German aid worker kidnapped four years ago in Niger, it has been more than three weeks since we have heard…