July 08
West Africa: MFWA Calls for Release of Abducted Malian Journalist
A month after his abduction on June 8, 2024, by some unidentified men in plain clothes, Malian journalist, Yeri Bocoum, remains unaccounted for. Bocoum, who runs a Facebook news… Read more »
May 23
West Africa: Mali Silences Critics With Harsh Sentences, Including Etienne Fakaba Sissoko
A court in Mali has handed a two-year prison sentence to Dr Etienne Fakaba Sissoko to crown two months of harassment of the economist and lecturer of the University of Bamako. The… Read more »
April 24
West Africa: Mali's Transitional Calendar Ignored - Siege On Media, Civil Society Intensified
The transitional government in Mali was supposed to have ended on march 26, 2024. But the much-anticipated deadline for a return to constitutional order has passed in a casual… Read more »
April 12
West Africa: Malian Authorities Suspend Political Party Activities, Censor Media
The military authorities in Mali have banned the media from covering the activities of political parties and all activities of political nature in the continuing squeeze on the… Read more »