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Mali: Dozens Die in 'Terrorist' Attack in Restive Niger-Mali Border Zone
RFI, 12 July 2021
Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed on Sunday in a clash in Niger's southwest region near the border with Mali, according to a statement from the… Read more »
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Mali: France to Close Three Military Bases in Northern Mali By Early 2022
RFI, 12 July 2021
At the end of a virtual G5 Sahel meeting on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would start closing three military bases in northern Mali by year-end, as… Read more »
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Mali: France Resumes Joint Military Operations in Mali
RFI, 5 July 2021
France is to resume joint operations with the Malian Armed Forces, after suspending them early last month following Mali's second coup in less than a year. Lemine Ould Salem, a… Read more »
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Mali: From the Field - Desert Artisans in Mali Foster Dialogue and Tolerance
UN News, 11 July 2021
Traditional arts and crafts are being used to build peace and dialogue in Mali thanks to the work of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSMA. Read more »
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Mali: Attack On UN Base in Mali Injures 12 German Soldiers
VOA, 26 June 2021
The United Nations said 12 German troops and a Belgian soldier serving in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali were wounded Friday in an attack in the country's restive north. Read more »
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Mali: Concern Over the Abduction of Five Christians in Central Mali
RFI, 23 June 2021
Local authorities in central Mali have confirmed that five Christians, traveling between Mopti and Ségou, have not reached their destination. Read more »
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Mali: Four Years and 5 Months After the Kidnapping, There Is Still No News of Sister Gloria
Agenzia Fides, 7 July 2021
Time passes, inexorable and cruel: 4 years and 5 months ago Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian nun from the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary… Read more »
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West Africa: Sahel - in Search for New Strategies?
Centre 4s, 6 July 2021
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the most exposed countries of the G5 Sahel to terrorism, have been facing repeated attacks since this year beginning. It is in this worrying context… Read more »
Dozens Die in Terror Attack at Niger-Mali Border
Niger's Defence Ministry has said in a televised statement, that an estimated 100 heavily armed "terrorists" on motorcycles, attacked the Tchoma Bangou village on July 11, 2021. The "prompt and vigorous reaction by the defence and security forces "made it possible to repel the attack and inflict heavy losses on the enemy. Soldiers seized motorcycles and a weapons cache, including AK-47s, from the assailants", the ministry said. Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed in the clash.
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Organised crime, terrorism and international crime are an unholy trinity of offences taking place in Mali. The illegal trade in artefacts occurs in the context of severe insecurity ... Read more »
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French forces in Mali say they have captured Dadi Ould Chouaib, also known as Abou Dardar, a man they describe as a "high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater ... Read more »
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France has suspended its joint military operations with forces in Mali, after the second coup d'etat in its former colony in nine months. The French Defence Ministry said the ... Read more »
