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Mali: UN Security Council Expresses Concern Over Humanitarian Situation
UN News, 4 April 2012
The Security Council today expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Mali, and called on all parties in the country to allow access to aid organizations to… Read more »
Rebellion in Northern Mali Hinders Humanitarian Efforts
The humanitarian situation is becoming ever more critical and the United Nations has called on all parties to allow civilians timely, safe and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid.
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Oxfam, 5 April 2012
International agency Oxfam today warned that sanctions imposed on Mali could have devastating consequences on 3.5m people already at risk of hunger, if humanitarian needs are not… Read more »
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Mali: Humanitarian Aid Must Resume As Soon As Possible
ICRC, 5 April 2012
The humanitarian situation in northern Mali is becoming ever more critical, in particular for tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting since mid-January. Read more »
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Mali: France Fears Al-Qaeda Influence Growing in North
RFI, 4 April 2012
France is worried that Al-Qaida's influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to… Read more »
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Mali: Looting, Rape Reports After Rebel Takeover in North
UNIRIN, 3 April 2012
Malians in the northern towns of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu are hiding in their homes in fear following the weekend takeover by rebel groups, during which hospitals, health clinics,… Read more »
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Mali: Conditions Deteriorating as Thousands Flee
UNHCR, 3 April 2012
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it is "deeply concerned" by the deteriorating political and security situation in Mali, where thousands of people continue to flee their homes. Read more »
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Mali: Burkinabe Red Cross Helps 18,000 Refugees
ICRC, 3 April 2012
Several thousand Malian refugees in Burkina Faso, mainly in Soum and Oudalan provinces, are contending with a difficult humanitarian situation. Read more »
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Mali: UN Deeply Concerned as Crisis Worsens
UNHCR, 3 April 2012
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 3 April 2012, at the Palais des Nations… Read more »
InFocus
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Selon les estimations du CICR et de la Croix-Rouge malienne, quelque 72 000 personnes sont déplacées dans le nord du Mali. Elles vivent souvent dans des conditions extrêmement ... Read more »
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Mali: Hungry for Democracy - the Peasantry and the Coup
African Arguments, 2 April 2012
What does it mean when civil society groups like the Syndicate of Peasants of Mali announce their support for the military junta, and the National Committee for Recovering… Read more »
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Mali: Coup Makes Tuareg Rebellion At Its Heart Harder to Resolve
African Arguments, 23 March 2012
For the past decade, Mali has been incrementally portrayed as the poster-child of good democratic transition in West Africa and its president, Amadou Toumani Touré,… Read more »
InFocus
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West Africa leaders have negotiated a deal that will see coup leader Captain Amadou Sonogo step down. Read more »
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After ordinary soldiers and junior officers mounted a coup against Mali's democratic government just ahead of elections, AllAfrica's publishing partners explain why the coup ... Read more »
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The United Nations, in coordination with the governments of Mauritania, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has begun work to relocate thousands of refugees away from Mali's volatile border ... Read more »
