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Mali: Mali, France Suspend Issuing Visas As Diplomatic Face-Off Deepens
allAfrica, 11 August 2023
France and Mali stopped giving visas to each other's citizens, as tensions between the two former allies have grown, Le Monde reports. Read more »
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Mali: Imposing Sanctions On Malian Officials in Connection With the Wagner Group
State Department, 24 July 2023
Today, the United States is designating three Malian officials who have worked closely with the Wagner Group to facilitate and expand Wagner's presence in Mali since December 2021.… Read more »
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Mali: New Atrocities by Army, Apparent Wagner Fighters
HRW, 24 July 2023
AU, ECOWAS Should Press for End to Violations, Urge Accountability Read more »
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Mali: Activist Jailed For Criticising Mali's Military Govt
allAfrica, 4 August 2023
A Malian activist was sentenced to a year in prison after she said the country's military government failed to address inflation and insecurity, according to AFP. Read more »
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Sudan: Wagner-Linked Officials in Mali, Sudan, CAR Targeted in New Wave of UK Sanctions
allAfrica, 21 July 2023
The British government imposed sanctions on 13 people and organizations in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, and Sudan with ties to the Wagner paramilitary group in Russia,… Read more »
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Mali: Submission to the UN Committee On the Rights of the Child
HRW, 6 July 2023
We write in advance of the 96th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the "Committee") and its review of Mali. This submission focuses on children's rights… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Briefing Speaks on Wagner Role in Africa
State Department, 14 June 2023
MR MILLER: Good afternoon, everyone. I am very sorry to be late. But on the plus side, I don’t have – on the plus side — Read more »
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West Africa: Conflict-Ridden Sahel Region Needs Help to Fight Extremists, UN Says
RFI, 17 May 2023
Africa's Sahel has become a hotbed of violence following the failure of a joint force to fight terrorist groups - with instability now at risk of spreading to West Africa, a UN… Read more »