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Australian mine company to pay Mali junta $160 million after its CEO and 2 employees were detained
1 month ago

Australian mine company to pay Mali junta $160 million after its CEO and 2 employees were detained

Live Mint  

DAKAR, Senegal — Australia’s Resolute Mining said Monday it would pay $160 million to Mali’s ruling junta to resolve a tax dispute, more than a week after the company’s CEO and two employees were detained in the West African country. Earlier this month, the Australian gold mining company’s CEO Terence Holohan and the two others were detained in Mali's capital …

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Australian mine company to pay Mali junta $160 million after its CEO and 2 employees were detained
1 month ago

Australian mine company to pay Mali junta $160 million after its CEO and 2 employees were detained

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Australia’s Resolute Mining said Monday it would pay $160 million to Mali’s ruling junta to resolve a tax dispute, more than a week after the company’s CEO and two employees were detained in the West African country. Earlier this month, the Australian gold mining company’s CEO Terence Holohan and the two others were detained in Mali’s capital …

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Mali arrests top politician for criticizing Burkina Faso’s ruling junta
1 month, 1 week ago

Mali arrests top politician for criticizing Burkina Faso’s ruling junta

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s ruling junta arrested one of the country’s top politicians Wednesday for criticizing the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso, according to his son and a judiciary source. Issa Kaou N’Djim, who previously supported Mali’s current military leader Col. Assimi Goita before distancing himself, was arrested on charges of insulting a foreign head of state, which is …

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The trash in Mali's capital is piling up. Donkey carts are coming to help
4 months, 1 week ago

The trash in Mali's capital is piling up. Donkey carts are coming to help

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Residents are turning to donkey …

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It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors
7 months, 1 week ago

It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors

Hindustan Times  

DJENNE, Mali — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. Now Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors The Grand Mosque of Djenné …

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UN peacekeeping mission in Mali officially ends after 10 years
1 year ago

UN peacekeeping mission in Mali officially ends after 10 years

Al Jazeera  

In June, Mali’s military government, which seized power in 2020, demanded the departure of the decade-old mission. The mission, known as the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, lowered the UN flag in its headquarters in the capital Bamako, its spokesperson Fatoumata Kaba told the AFP news agency on Monday. A decade of MINUSMA In June, Mali’s military government, …

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Malians who thrived with arrival of UN peacekeeping mission fear economic fallout from its departure
1 year, 4 months ago

Malians who thrived with arrival of UN peacekeeping mission fear economic fallout from its departure

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Nearly 10 years ago, Mariame Coulibaly Sangare lost everything when armed violence in northern Mali forced her to flee her home. “If the Malian authorities fail to make investments to compensate for the U.N. mission’s departure, Bamako’s relations with populations in the north could become strained,” the group headquartered in Belgium said. Mali’s national employment agency has …

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Mali releases three Ivorian soldiers; 46 still detained
2 years, 3 months ago

Mali releases three Ivorian soldiers; 46 still detained

Al Jazeera  

The arrest of the Ivorian soldiers in Mali’s capital in July sparked a diplomatic spat between the West African neighbours. Ivory Coast, which has repeatedly requested their release, says the soldiers were unfairly arrested after being sent to provide backup for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA. Togolese foreign minister Robert Dusse, whose country has been mediating talks, told …

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Mali’s capital Bamako boosts security fearing jihadi attacks
2 years, 4 months ago

Mali’s capital Bamako boosts security fearing jihadi attacks

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — In Bamako’s popular Darsalam neighborhood, a young gendarme stands by a newly barricaded street, his hand on the trigger of a rifle pointed slightly to the ground. At least 15 extremist attacks hit Mali in June and July, the most daring when jihadi fighters attacked Kati, the country’s largest military base, just 15 kilometers outside the capital. …

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Explosions, Gunfire at a Military Base Near Mali's Capital
2 years, 5 months ago

Explosions, Gunfire at a Military Base Near Mali's Capital

News 18  

Explosions and gunfire were heard early on Friday morning in the area of the Kati military base on the outskirts of Mali's capital city Bamako, according to local residents, in a suspected attack by Islamic extremists. The leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Asimi Goita frequently stays at the Kati camp, where he launched the 2020 coup that brought …

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Mali withdraws soldiers from regional counterterrorism force
2 years, 7 months ago

Mali withdraws soldiers from regional counterterrorism force

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s ruling junta says it will withdraw from the regional counterterrorism force known as the G5 Sahel, further isolating itself while it remains under economic sanctions. The G5 Sahel force — which also includes soldiers from the neighboring West African states of Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Chad — was created in 2014 and actually deployed troops …

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Mali expels France envoy over ‘hostile and outrageous’ remarks
2 years, 10 months ago

Mali expels France envoy over ‘hostile and outrageous’ remarks

Al Jazeera  

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had said that Mali’s military gov’t was ‘out of control’ and illegitimate. Mali gave the French ambassador 72 hours notice on Monday to leave the country after “hostile and outrageous” comments by former colonial power France about its transitional government, it said in a statement read on national television. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le …

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ECOWAS warns Mali’s progress towards February polls insufficient
3 years, 3 months ago

ECOWAS warns Mali’s progress towards February polls insufficient

Al Jazeera  

Regional bloc says it feared potential delays in elections aimed at restoring civilian rule in Mali following last year’s coup. West Africa’s main regional bloc says it is concerned Mali’s transitional government has not made sufficient progress towards organising elections early next year, as agreed after a military coup last year. Mali’s transition back to democracy following the August 2020 …

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Mali coup leader heads to Ghana for ECOWAS crisis talks
3 years, 6 months ago

Mali coup leader heads to Ghana for ECOWAS crisis talks

Al Jazeera  

Colonel Assimi Goita, Mali’s coup leader and newly appointed interim president, has been summoned to an emergency meeting of West African leaders in Ghana. The office of Mali’s president, in a statement on Facebook, said Goita would take part in the extraordinary summit “alongside his counterparts” and would also hold bilateral talks with regional leaders. ECOWAS – which acted as …

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Bah Ndaw sworn in as Mali’s transitional president following coup
4 years, 3 months ago

Bah Ndaw sworn in as Mali’s transitional president following coup

Al Jazeera  

Veteran soldier tasked with leading country to elections within 18 months; coup leader Assimi Goita to serve as vice president. Retired colonel and former defence minister Bah Ndaw has been sworn in as Mali’s interim president, more than a month after a military coup overthrew embattled leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Described by former colleagues as “principled”, Ndaw said in a …

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Thousands march in Mali’s capital to celebrate president’s downfall
4 years, 4 months ago

Thousands march in Mali’s capital to celebrate president’s downfall

Deccan Chronicle  

Bamako: Thousands marched Friday in the streets of Mali’s capital to celebrate the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, as the West African nation’s political opposition backed the military’s junta plan to eventually hand over power to a civilian transitional government. “For us, this is a civil transition, not a military one, and the president of the transition must reach …

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Mali’s president announces resignation after armed mutiny
4 years, 4 months ago

Mali’s president announces resignation after armed mutiny

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s president announced his resignation late Tuesday, just hours after armed soldiers seized him from his home in a dramatic power grab following months of protests demanding his ouster. The news of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s departure was met with jubilation by anti-government demonstrators and alarm by former colonial ruler France, and other allies and foreign nations. …

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