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Mali’s ruling military appoints new prime minister, a day after his predecessor was fired
1 month ago

Mali’s ruling military appoints new prime minister, a day after his predecessor was fired

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s ruling junta on Thursday appointed a new prime minister from the ranks of the military generals, a day after firing his predecessor for criticizing the military regime. Goita on Thursday appointed Gen. Abdoulaye Maïga as prime minister, according to an announcement on ORTM by Alfouseyni Diawara, secretary general of the Malian presidency. Abdoulaye Maïga’s appointment effectively …

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Mali junta leader fires prime minister days after he criticizes the military regime
1 month ago

Mali junta leader fires prime minister days after he criticizes the military regime

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s junta leader fired Prime Minister Choguel Maïga and the government on Wednesday, days after Maïga criticized the military regime. Mali has been ruled by military leaders since a junta seized power in 2020 and staged another coup the following year. Maïga, who was appointed by the military two years ago, accused the junta of postponing the …

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Mali’s PM fired after criticizing prolonged junta rule, state TV says
1 month ago

Mali’s PM fired after criticizing prolonged junta rule, state TV says

CNN  

BAMAKO, Mali Reuters — Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Maiga has been fired, state television ORTM said on Wednesday of the civilian who criticized the ruling junta’s failure to organize elections within a promised 24-month transition back to democracy. “It’s all happening in total secrecy, without the prime minister’s knowledge,” Maiga told reporters on Saturday. Maiga had fervently defended Mali’s junta …

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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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Mali detains top executive and 2 others from an Australian gold mining company over dispute
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mali detains top executive and 2 others from an Australian gold mining company over dispute

Associated Press  

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The military junta in Mali has arrested the top executive and two other employees of Australia’s gold mining company Resolute Mining while they were visiting the country for talks over an unspecified dispute, the company said Monday. Andrew Wray, the company’s non-executive chairman, said in a statement published on Resolute Mining’s website that the three officials were …

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Mali’s junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in a deepening crackdown
8 months, 1 week ago

Mali’s junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in a deepening crackdown

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — In a deepening crackdown, Mali’s ruling junta on Thursday banned the media from reporting on activities of political parties and associations, a day after suspending all political activities in the country until further notice. The clampdown on the media followed a similar action on Wednesday, when the junta ordered the suspension of all activities by political parties …

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Mali’s junta suspends all political activities until further notice
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mali’s junta suspends all political activities until further notice

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s ruling junta has issued a decree suspending all political activities until further notice, saying it needs to preserve public order, a move that follows last year’s decision to call off elections indefinitely. “The transition government has already made a decision not to hold an election in February, 2024, to return to a civilian-led democratic government despite …

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Mali ends crucial peace deal with rebels, raising concerns about a possible escalation in violence
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Mali ends crucial peace deal with rebels, raising concerns about a possible escalation in violence

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s junta has terminated a crucial agreement with local rebels that helped maintain a fragile peace in the country’s north, the government announced, raising concerns about a possible escalation of violence. The 2015 peace deal with Tuareg rebel groups is ending “with immediate effect” because the rebels have failed to comply with its terms and because of …

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UN peacekeepers have departed a rebel stronghold in northern Mali early as violence increases
1 year, 1 month ago

UN peacekeepers have departed a rebel stronghold in northern Mali early as violence increases

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday withdrew from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali weeks earlier than planned because of growing insecurity, leaving the town in the hands of ethnic Tuareg separatists. “The peacekeepers’ convoy that left Kidal this morning was the victim of two improvised explosive device attacks,” Myriam Dessables, head of communications for the U.N. mission …

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Mali’s junta struggles to fight growing violence in a northern region as UN peacekeepers withdraw
1 year, 3 months ago

Mali’s junta struggles to fight growing violence in a northern region as UN peacekeepers withdraw

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Attacks in northern Mali have more than doubled since U.N. peacekeepers completed the first phase of their withdrawal last month after a decade of fighting Islamic extremists, resulting in more than 150 deaths. After more than three years in power, Mali’s military junta is struggling to fight growing violence in a hard-hit northern region after demanding the …

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Putin urges for 'peaceful resolution' in Niger after military coup in telephonic call with Mali's President
1 year, 4 months ago

Putin urges for 'peaceful resolution' in Niger after military coup in telephonic call with Mali's President

India TV News  

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged for a 'peaceful resolution' to the ongoing political pandemonium in Niger following a military coup, in a telephonic call with Mali's interim President Assimi Goita, TASS news agency reports. Notably, the July 26 coup, in which mutinous soldiers ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and installed Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani as head of state, adds another …

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Mali's military junta holds referendum on new constitution that it calls a step toward new elections
1 year, 6 months ago

Mali's military junta holds referendum on new constitution that it calls a step toward new elections

The Hindu  

Malian voters cast ballots on a new draft constitution Sunday in a referendum that the country's coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new elections in 2024, but that critics have called a delaying tactic for him to extend his time in power. In a message broadcast on state television on the eve of the vote, Col. Assimi …

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Mali’s military junta holds referendum on new constitution it calls a step toward new elections
1 year, 6 months ago

Mali’s military junta holds referendum on new constitution it calls a step toward new elections

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Malian voters cast ballots on a new draft constitution Sunday in a referendum that the country’s coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new elections in 2024, but critics have called it a delay tactic to extend his time in power. Col. Assimi Goita, who seized control of the landlocked West African country nearly three …

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Mali’s junta releases timeline for constitutional referendum
1 year, 7 months ago

Mali’s junta releases timeline for constitutional referendum

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s military junta said Friday that it’s organizing a referendum on a new constitution for June 18, a key step towards a return to constitutional rule and a new presidential election expected next year in the West African country. Armed movements who fought for independence for Mali’s north but agreed to a peace deal in 2015 say …

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US to Mali: End restrictions on UN peacekeepers, seek peace
1 year, 8 months ago

US to Mali: End restrictions on UN peacekeepers, seek peace

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United States warned Mali’s military government Wednesday that it would be “irresponsible” for the United Nations to continue deploying its more than 15,000 peacekeepers unless the western African nation ends restrictions including on operating reconnaissance drones and carries out political commitments toward peace and elections in March 2024. The United States is also “greatly concerned” that …

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Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive
1 year, 11 months ago

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Alou Diallo says he was drinking tea with his family one morning last month when groups of “white soldiers” invaded his village in central Mali, setting fire to houses and gunning down people suspected of being Islamic extremists. “Here in Bamako, I live a life I didn’t choose.” It’s been more than a year since hundreds of …

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Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russian mercenaries arrive
1 year, 11 months ago

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russian mercenaries arrive

LA Times  

Three Russian mercenaries, right, are pictured in northern Mali in an undated photograph from the French military. “Here in Bamako, I live a life I didn’t choose.” It’s been more than a year since hundreds of fighters from Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian military contractor, began working alongside Mali’s armed forces to try to stem a decadelong insurgency by Islamic …

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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's junta expels French ambassador as tensions mount
2 years, 10 months ago

Mali's junta expels French ambassador as tensions mount

The Independent  

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French FM accuses Russian mercenaries of ‘despoiling’ Mali
2 years, 10 months ago

French FM accuses Russian mercenaries of ‘despoiling’ Mali

Al Jazeera  

Le Drian says Russian company Wagner is exploiting the country’s resources in exchange for protecting the military government. France’s foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has accused Russian private military contractor Wagner Group of plundering Mali’s resources amid heightened tensions between Paris and the country’s military government in recent weeks, including over the fate of European forces deployed in the region …

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African Union suspends Mali after coup, threatens sanctions
3 years, 6 months ago

African Union suspends Mali after coup, threatens sanctions

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The African Union has suspended Mali and is threatening sanctions after the junta leader grabbed back control of the government last week, marking the second coup d’etat in only nine months. The AU issued the threat late Tuesday when it announced Mali was suspended from all activities “until normal constitutional order has been restored in the country.” …

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Mali’s transitional president resigns while in detention
3 years, 6 months ago

Mali’s transitional president resigns while in detention

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s transitional president and prime minister will be released from detention gradually after resigning in the presence of international arbitrators who are in the West African nation to mediate the political crisis, the adviser to the military authority who detained the two leaders said late Wednesday. President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested Monday, …

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