Mali: UN Agency Warns of Vacuum After European Forces Leave Mali

The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, warns the departure of European forces from Mali has created a dangerous vacuum in the country. Read more »

Mali: Simultaneous Militant Attacks Kill 14 Malian Soldiers

Mali's army says 14 troops were killed and 11 wounded Tuesday in central Mali when their vehicles struck explosives planted by Islamist militants. Read more »

Mali: Rights Commission Condemns Restrictions On Free Press

Mali's National Human Rights Commission has condemned restrictions on press freedom, after authorities suspended one the country's main TV channels. Action was taken against Joliba… Read more »

Mali: Mali Lashes Out At Ivory Coast Over Detained Troops

Mali's military government has called Ivory Coast's request for a regional meeting on Ivorian troops detained in Mali since July "intimidation" and "blackmail." Ivory Coast accuses… Read more »

Mali: Foreign Ministry Denies UN Accusations of Human Rights Abuses

Mali's foreign ministry is denying accusations of human rights violations made by the United Nations. Read more »

Mali: French Forces Complete Departure From Mali

The last French armed forces in Mali have relocated to Niger, after a falling out with Mali's military government and its alleged use of Russian mercenaries. Read more »

Mali: Germany Suspends Elements of Military Mission in Mali

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said in a statement that because Malian leaders of the U.N. mission to Mali, MINUSMA, denied overflight rights, the German mission must… Read more »

Mali: Mali Declares Three Days of Mourning Following Deadly Attack

Mali's military government Wednesday confirmed Islamist militants killed 42 of its troops last weekend in a sophisticated drone attack and announced three days of national… Read more »

Mali: Gunfire and Explosions Heard in Main Military Town

Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard early Friday at a military base outside the capital of Mali that was the site of past mutinies and coups. Read more »

Mali: Six Dead in Attack 70km From Capital

Gunmen have attacked a checkpoint just 70 kilometers from Bamako, Mali's capital, leaving six dead, in a sign of increasing insecurity in Mali as the French army withdraws from the… Read more »

Mali: Military Govt Suspends Rotation of United Nations Forces

Mali's military government has suspended the rotation of U.N. military and police forces following the renewal late last month of the mandate of the U.N. mission there. Read more »

Mali: Two UN Peacekeepers Killed, Several Wounded

At least two U.N. peacekeepers from Egypt are dead and more are wounded after their convoy hit an improvised explosive device Tuesday, the United Nations Multidimensional… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions On Mali, Burkina Faso

African leaders have lifted economic sanctions on Mali. Read more »

Mali: Mali Junta Adopts 24-Month Transition to Democratic Rule

Mali's military junta will take 24 months from March 2022 to restore civilian rule after an August 2020 coup, its spokesman said on Monday, the latest move in negotiations with… Read more »

Mali: Insecurity Puts Historic Djenné Mosque At Risk

Experts say Mali's struggle against Islamist militants is putting its World Heritage sites at risk. For the first time in modern history, officials say, the annual replastering of… Read more »

Mali: China's Illegal Rosewood Trade With Mali Under Scrutiny

A cursory Google search for "rosewood furniture China" brings up plenty of sites selling the luxury item, but most buyers are likely unaware that their treasured table or chair… Read more »

Mali: Media Watchdog Puts French News Sites Back Online in Mali

Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has put the websites of two major French broadcasters back online in Mali, after the country's military government pulled the… Read more »

Mali: UN Calls On Mali to Reverse New Media Restrictions

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that Mali's new media restrictions reflect a growing intolerance toward freedom of the press in the… Read more »

Mali: Extremist Group Claims Abduction of Russian Mercenary

Al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali say they have captured at least one Russian mercenary from the Wagner Group, a private military company with alleged links to Russian President… Read more »

Mali: UN Support in Mali Could Continue Despite Rights Probe Refusal

Mali's prime minister says Mali will renew the U.N. support mission in Mali, even as U.N. efforts to investigate alleged human rights abuses are being blocked by Mali's military… Read more »

Mali: Three Army Bases Simultaneously Attacked

Six soldiers are dead and 20 wounded after Malian Army bases in the central cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho were simultaneously attacked this morning by suspected… Read more »

Mali: Army Says 'Dozen Terrorists' Killed in Airstrikes

Mali's army said Saturday that it had killed "a dozen terrorists" including a French-Tunisian jihadis in airstrikes in the center of the Sahel nation. Read more »

Mali: UN Demands Access to Site of Alleged Massacre in Mali

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, known by its French acronym MINUSMA, has demanded the country's military government grant it access to the village of Moura, where… Read more »

Mali: 'They Killed Them in Front of Everyone'

Human Rights Watch and Mali's National Commission on Human Rights have called for an independent investigation into an alleged massacre of hundreds of civilians by government… Read more »

West Africa: Mali Says 203 Killed in Military Operation in Sahel State

Mali's army said Friday that it had killed 203 combatants in an operation in the center of Sahel state, an apparent uptick in violence in the conflict-torn country. Read more »