July 24

• Northern Mali Tense Before Poll

  Deutsche Welle

  The poll in Mali on July 28 is being called to shore up democratic governance and stability in the West African nation. Violence in the north has raised tension, but some are... Read more »

• Registration Chaos, Security Could Impact Mali Elections

  VOA

  Malians go to the polls Sunday to elect new government leaders following a March 2012 coup and a subsequent crisis precipitated by a Tuareg secessionist movement. The international... Read more »

• African Press Review 24 July 2013

  RFI

  There's political sparring in Kenya following a deadly school bus crash. Will the Marikana massacre victims receive justice? Ugandan teachers strike for back pay. And a... Read more »

• Mali - Banks Can't Avoid Risk in Retail Lending

  This Day

  The Head of Personal and Business Banking, West Africa, Standard Bank (the parent company of Stanbic IBTC), Mr. Lincoln Mali, who was in Lagos recently spoke to select journalists... Read more »

July 23

• UN Urges Officials to Expedite Electoral Procedures for Refugees

  UN News

  With the first round of Mali's presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, the United Nations refugee agency is calling on Malian authorities to quickly make public voters' lists... Read more »

• Will Mali's Elections Satisfy the Citizenry or Destabilise the Country? [analysis]

  ThinkAfricaPress

  From ongoing uncertainty in the north to logistical problems to simmering ethnic tensions, Mali's 28 July elections will face a range of challenges. Read more »

• African Union Election Observers Begin Work in Mali

  VOA

  The deputy chairman of the African Union (AU) says the group's election observer mission has arrived in Mali for the West African nation's presidential vote on Sunday. Read more »

• France Presses Mali to Hold Election Date

  RFI

  France is eager to see Malians head to the polls later this month, despite difficulties in organising the vote as they await a military handover to the United Nations. Scheduled... Read more »

• UNHCR Urges Speeding of Preparations for Refugee Vote in Mali Elections [press release]

  UNHCR

  This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 23 July 2013, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »

• UNHCR Helps Prepare for Refugees to Vote in Mali Elections, Voices Concerns Over Voter Registration [press release]

  UNHCR

  With the first round of Mali's presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, UNHCR is continuing preparations with the Malian authorities and neighbouring states for out-of-country... Read more »

• Nutrition Security in Gao - an Alarming Situation

  Unicef

  The humanitarian community is raising the alarm on the rates of acute malnutrition in Gao, Northern Mali. Mali's Ministry of Health and its partners, including UNICEF, have just... Read more »

July 22

• No Place Like Home

  Africa Renewal

  Mariam Koné left Canada five years ago to start a business consulting firm in Bamako, the capital of Mali. As her client base grew steadily, earnings from her company,... Read more »

• Govt Scales Back Troops in Mali

  Deutsche Welle

  Faced with a domestic Islamist insurgency, Nigeria is planning to withdraw some of its troops from international peacekeeping missions in Mali - just ahead of an election - and... Read more »

July 21

• Election Campaign in Final Days

  VOA

  This is the last week of campaigning ahead of Mali's July 28 presidential election, with 27 presidential candidates crisscrossing the country to rally supporters. Authorities have... Read more »

• Gunmen Kidnap Election Officials in Northern Mali

  VOA

  Officials in northern Mali say gunmen have abducted five people, including four election officials, a week before a presidential poll aimed at restoring democracy, peace and unity... Read more »

• Real Reason Why Nigeria Is Withdrawing Troops From Mali

  This Day

  Indications have emerged that the federal government and particularly the country's military are no longer comfortable with the politics being associated with the United Nations... Read more »

• Kidnapped Election Officials in Mali Released

  Tunis Afrique Presse

  Election officials abducted by gunmen in northern Mali a week before presidential elections have been freed, local officials say. Read more »

• Troop Withdrawal From Mali - Nigeria Petitions UN Chief

  Vanguard

  Contrary to the misconception that the Federal Government of Nigeria is withdrawing its troops from the United Nations, UN, peace-keeping force in Mali because of pressing security... Read more »

July 20

• We Faced Harsh Weather in Mali, Say Naf Returnees

  Daily Trust

  About 300 personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) where sometime in January, 2013 deployed to Mali to enforce peace after an uprising occurred, but on Saturday July 6, about 298... Read more »

• We Are in Good Form to Win Over Malian Side, Midfielder Tesfaye Alebachew

  CAF

  The Ethiopian St. George side will entertain Stade Malien team on Sunday in the first leg of the CAF confederation group stage competition at the Addis Ababa stadium. Midfielder... Read more »

July 19

• Nigeria Pulls Out Peacekeepers

  Premium Times

  After months of denial, Nigeria has officially announced the withdrawal of much of her 1200-strong contingent from peacekeeping operations in Mali, and Sudan to help a... Read more »

• French Hostage Was Murdered Al Qaeda-Style, Autopsy Shows

  RFI

  French hostage Philippe Verdon was murdered by a bullet in the back of the head, the autopsy on his body has revealed. His family and friends believe he may have been killed... Read more »

• President Jonathan Orders Withdrawal of Some Troops From Mali

  Daily Trust

  President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered for the withdrawal of Nigeria troops from the United Nations Multi-dimensional Integ-rated Stabilisation Mission in Mali. Read more »

• Ecowas Call for Peaceful Elections in Mali, Guinea Bissau, Togo

  AEP

  The 43rd ordinary session of the authority of the heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) rounded off on Thursday in Abuja with an... Read more »

• Nigeria to Withdraw Some Troops From Mali to Tackle Islamists At Home

  Tunis Afrique Presse

  Nigeria is to withdraw some troops from the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, Ivory Coast President and head of the regional group Ecowas Alassane Ouattara has said. Read more »