Escalating Violence Mars Mali's Attempts at Peace
Fighting between extremists, self-defence militias, and government soldiers has displaced tens of thousands of people in central Mali and left hundreds dead, the International Federation of Human Rights say.
Mali military.
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Mali:
Civilians 'Caught Between Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism'
RFI, 21 November 2018
An explosive cocktail of jihadist groups, militias and the Malian army fighting each other has contributed to making central Mali one of the most dangerous regions of the country.… Read more »
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Mali:
Tens of Thousands 'Left to Starve' As Conflict Escalates
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 21 November 2018
Tens of thousands of people who have fled fighting in Mali since September are going hungry because funding has run out as the conflict has escalated, aid agencies said on… Read more »
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Mali:
Security Forces Violently Attack Demonstrators
MFWA, 19 November 2018
Security forces in Mali have violently dispersed and attacked a group of opposition party supporters who were demonstrating in the capital, Bamako. Read more »
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Mali:
France Says Extremist Leader May Have Been Killed in Mali
VOA, 23 November 2018
A leader of an al-Qaida-linked extremist group in central Mali may have been among the 30 militants killed by French soldiers in an overnight attack, France's ministry of armed… Read more »
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Mali:
France Says Extremist Leader May Have Been Killed in Mali
VOA, 26 November 2018
A leader of an al-Qaida-linked extremist group in central Mali may have been among the 30 militants killed by French soldiers in an overnight attack, France's ministry of armed… Read more »
InFocus
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Five years after French soldiers drove Islamist extremists out from the north and peacekeepers moved in, the country is still considered to be the most dangerous UN mission in the ... Read more »