Tag: Mali
creation of a mixed commission of inquiry after the disappearance of Mauritanians
A mixed commission of inquiry between Mali and Mauritania as well as joint patrols: these are the main decisions at the end of the 48-hour stay in Mauritania of an…
General Michon gives an update on Operation Barkhane in the region
General Laurent Michon, commander of the Barkhane force explained the profound changes concerning the withdrawal of French and European troops from Mali. Even if part of the device will remain…
MASA Festival in Abidjan: what place for storytelling and oral tradition
Amadou Hampâté BAH, Malian author born in 1901 in Bandiagara in Mali and died in 1991 used to say that “in Africa when an old man dies, it’s a library…
MASA Festival in Ivory Coast: storytelling, theater and puppets
For this third program recorded on the occasion of the twelfth edition of MASA (Abidjan Market for Performing Arts), theater is honored with four artists whose plays deal with very…
Eleven months of captivity in Mali for the French journalist Olivier Dubois
A giant portrait of Olivier Dubois was projected on the Pantheon on the evening of Monday March 7. It was on the initiative of the association Reporters Without Borders, in…
Concern in Mauritania over several nationals missing at the Malian border
A Mauritanian elected official said that some would have died according to testimonies. The Mauritanian government says it is doing everything to clear up the case. Malian side, for the…
The Malian army rejects all responsibility in the mass grave of the circle of Niono
On the images that have been circulating for a few days on social networks, we see about thirty men burned and piled up. The allegations that the Malian armed forces…
mass graves discovered in the circle of Niono
On social networks, photos and videos of dozens of lifeless and charred bodies have been circulating for 24 hours and shock Malians. Several sources confirm to RFI that these people…
deadly attack on an army camp by jihadists
The attack targeted a Malian army camp in the locality of Mondoro, located in the center of the country. A final assessment reports 27 soldiers killed. With our correspondent in…
the wife of Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga demands the medical evacuation of her husband
In an open letter addressed to the president of the transition dated March 1, Maïga Binta Yatassaye, wife of the former Prime Minister, Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, demands the medical evacuation…