September 30

• Mali: Put Your Questions to the ICC, They Might Be Answered [interview]

  Will there be justice in north Mali, destroyed and controlled by Islamist militants? This is one of the many questions Malian Ibrahima Cissé, one of the initiators of... Read more »

September 26

• Mali: Consensus Is Clear - Reunite Mali. but How?

  At its Wednesday session, the United Nations General Assembly will be trying to figure out ways in which the world can help Mali reunite. Read more »

• Mali: Refugees Overwhelm Mauritania Camp

  Since the Tuareg rebellion and the capture of north Mali by Islamist groups, refugees have been overwhelming M'Bera. Read more »

September 5

• West Africa: Sharia in Mali Gets Chad Talking

  After taking control of northern Mali, Islamist groups imposed Sharia law, a religious penal code with severe punishments such as hand amputation for stealing and public flogging... Read more »

August 9

• Mali: A Malian Risks His Life for Someone's Hand

  He helped prevent the public amputation of a man's hand by Islamists in northern Mali. His name is Abdul Malick Maiga. Last weekend, the 32-year-old host of Radio Adaar Khoïma... Read more »

July 20

• Mali: Mali Manuscripts At Risk

  Many were shocked at the beginning of this month by images of fundamentalist Islamic rebels destroying historic tombs and mosques in Timbuktu in northern Mali. Those same rebels... Read more »

• Mali: MNLA's Struggle for Azawad Continues

  In their battle for a self-declared northern state in Mali, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) is seeking support from the international community. Read more »

July 18

• Mali: Terrorizing the North, Silencing the South [interview]

  RNW's Malian network representative Moulaye Touhami Haidara is worried about his country - in all directions. While his compatriots in the north are being forcefully subjected to... Read more »

July 13

• Mali: Timbuktu Destruction - Internet Community Buzzes With Debate

  On July 10, the destruction of two more shrines in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu was reported. This time, the self-styled Islamic radicals of Ansar Dine went into the... Read more »

July 11

• Mali: Rebels Now Target Manuscripts

  The city of Timbuktu in northern Mali is not only home to historic mosques and sacred tombs, but also an enormous collection of old manuscripts that illustrate the rich... Read more »

July 3

• Mali: Who Will Throw Country's Unwelcome Guests Out? [opinion]

  I remember Timbuktu, the City of 333 Saints. Sitting with a drink on a terrace overlooking a street and a parking lot. Wandering through the silent streets - not silent because... Read more »

June 1

• Mali: Youths Seek Solutions to Upheaval

  Youth in northern Mali are exasperated by the politics plaguing their homeland. Since Islamist rebels and Tuaregs took over, the internet has provided a place for them to... Read more »

May 21

• Mali: Singer Worried About Ongoing Political Crisis [interview]

  Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara, 30, is worried about the ongoing political crisis in her country. Her concerns are shared by many other Malian musicians and artists.... Read more »

May 19

• Mali: Political Paralysis Follows Coup, Northern Rebellion

  Huge posters plastered on walls in the capital Bamako tell it all: a map of Mali, tears rolling down the North and the South covered by a big question mark. In the wake of the... Read more »

May 18

• Mali: Rebels Seduce Northern Region

  Rebel groups controlling northern Mali are using various sensitization and information campaigns to win hearts and rally populations to their cause. Are they effective? To find... Read more »

May 17

• Mali: Terrorists and Uncertainty Flourish in North [analysis]

  There's been no peace in northern Mali since Tuareg rebels took control of the area and declared independence earlier this year. Radical Muslim fighters came in their wake and... Read more »

April 24

• Mali: Ex-President's Exile Causes Upheaval

  The exile of former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré to Senegal has precipitated intense upheavals in his home country. Read more »

April 16

• Mali: Talking Politics With Tuaregs Over Tea

  Members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad in Paris invited Radio Netherlands Worldwide reporter Sophie van Leeuwen over for a cup of tea. As her chat with the... Read more »

April 6

• Mali: Dutch Aid to Mali Partially On Hold

  The Netherlands has cut aid to Mali until further notice, in a reaction to the military coup that overthrew the country's incumbent president last month. The Dutch Deputy Minister... Read more »

March 30

• Mali: Divided Opinions Over Putsch [analysis]

  The coup d'état on 22 March in Mali, which prematurely ended President Amadou Toumani Touré's last term in office, is widely criticised both nationally and... Read more »

March 25

• Mali: Reversal of Fortunes - A Coup d'état Sets Mali Back

  A previous military takeover ushered in democracy. This time around, the soldiers are taking Mali in the opposite direction. Read more »

March 23

• Mali: Tourists Held Hostage in Timbuktu

  It's still unclear whether Thursday's military coup in Mali will have consequences for the Dutchman who has been held hostage there for almost four months. And in an entirely... Read more »

March 22

• Mali: Mali in a State of Confusion

  Since Malian soldiers declared that they have seized power, the country's population is anxiously awaiting more news. Read more »

March 16

• Mali: Local Footballers Disappear From Dutch Training Camp

  Nine Malian football players have been reported missing for four days in the Netherlands. The men left their team at a football camp in Renesse, and reportedly went to Paris, about... Read more »

February 17

• Mali: The Battle for Nation's North

  Since 17 January 2012, the north of Mali has been at war. It started as an attack of armed Tuaregs on a Malian army barracks in Ménaka, near the border with Niger, and has... Read more »