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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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Mali’s spat with Kyiv: Is the Russia-Ukraine war spilling over into Africa?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mali’s spat with Kyiv: Is the Russia-Ukraine war spilling over into Africa?

Al Jazeera  

Bamako has cut ties with Kyiv, accusing it of complicity in an attack that killed Malian soldiers and Russian Wagner troops. The diplomatic spat started last week after a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military spy agency revealed cryptically that the rebels had the “necessary information” to execute the July attack. Mali took action “without conducting a thorough study of the facts …

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Mali cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine amid Wagner Group defeat
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mali cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine amid Wagner Group defeat

Firstpost  

Mali cited comments from Ukraine’s Ambassador to Senegal, Yurii Pyvovarov, who, in a Facebook video, expressed support for the rebels’ actions Mali has announced it is severing diplomatic relations with Ukraine following accusations that Kyiv played a role in a major defeat for Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and Malian soldiers. Mali’s reaction Mali expressed “deep shock” at Yusov’s comments, interpreting …

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Mali’s junta suspends all political activities until further notice
8 months, 1 week 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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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 army and suspected Russia-linked mercenaries committed ‘new atrocities,’ rights group says
1 year, 5 months ago

Mali’s army and suspected Russia-linked mercenaries committed ‘new atrocities,’ rights group says

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Mali’s army together with suspected mercenaries from the shadowy Russian group Wagner have committed summary executions, lootings, forced disappearances and other abuses, a leading human rights group reported Monday. The human rights group interviewed 40 people by phone, including witnesses, and reviewed a video “showing evidence of abuses by Malian soldiers and associated foreign fighters.” HRW said …

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Western countries pile pressure on Mali over Wagner presence
1 year, 7 months ago

Western countries pile pressure on Mali over Wagner presence

Al Jazeera  

Questions are raised at a UN human rights meeting about the role of the Russian private military contractor. Western countries have raised concerns at a United Nations human rights meeting over the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group’s activities in Mali, including an alleged role in the killings of civilians. “We are particularly concerned by the presence and actions of …

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Russia pledges military support to Mali during Lavrov visit
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia pledges military support to Mali during Lavrov visit

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pledged military support to Mali during his first visit to the West African nation Tuesday and dismissed criticism of Moscow’s growing influence on the continent. Lavrov’s trip to Bamako, Mali’s capital, comes as Western countries express their concerns about alleged human rights abuses committed by Russian mercenaries working for the private military …

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Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force
1 year, 10 months ago

Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Mali’s foreign minister defended the military government’s cooperation with Russia on Friday and rejected three options proposed by the U.N. chief to reconfigure the U.N. peacekeeping force in the west African country where Al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups are driving insecurity. But Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ internal review released this week of the 17,500-strong U.N. mission, known …

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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’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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Russia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali resist a decade-long Islamic extremist insurgency. In Mali, Human Rights Watch has accused Russian fighters and Mali’s army of killing hundreds of mostly civilian men in the …

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How Mali’s military fell out with its French ally
2 years, 7 months ago

How Mali’s military fell out with its French ally

Al Jazeera  

French forces are pulling out of Mali after a breakdown in relations with the country’s military government. Now, French forces are pulling out after a breakdown with the country’s military government which this week renounced Mali’s core military agreements with France. The disagreement accelerated in 2021 as Mali’s military wove closer ties with Moscow, bringing in “military instructors” that France …

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German FM urges end to Mali’s cooperation with Russian forces
2 years, 8 months ago

German FM urges end to Mali’s cooperation with Russian forces

Al Jazeera  

Annalena Baerbock says military efforts between EU nations and Mali cannot continue without the removal of Russian forces from the country. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned European troops would not cooperate with Mali’s military while it maintained links to Russia during a visit to the conflict-riven Sahel state. Unfair comparison However, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop suggested Baerbock was …

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300 killed by Mali’s army and foreigners, says rights group
2 years, 8 months ago

300 killed by Mali’s army and foreigners, says rights group

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Mali’s army and foreign soldiers suspected to be Russian recently killed an estimated 300 men — some of them suspected Islamic extremist fighters but most civilians — in Moura in central Mali, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. It is the worst single atrocity reported in Mali’s 10-year armed conflict against Islamic extremists, according to the rights group …

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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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Russian troops deploy to Mali’s Timbuktu after French exit
2 years, 11 months ago

Russian troops deploy to Mali’s Timbuktu after French exit

Al Jazeera  

Army spokesperson says the Russian soldiers are in the northern city to train Malian troops. Mali’s army spokesperson has said Russian soldiers have deployed to the northern city of Timbuktu to train Malian forces at a base vacated by French troops last month amid persistent insecurity in a country where large swaths of territory are out of the government’s control. …

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Mali summons French ambassador over President Macron’s criticism
3 years, 2 months ago

Mali summons French ambassador over President Macron’s criticism

Al Jazeera  

Mali’s gov’t expressed ‘ indignation, disapproval’ after Macron’s suggestions that its government was ‘not even really one’. Mali has summoned France’s ambassador to the country to register its “indignation” at French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent criticism of the country’s government, which is dominated by army figures. Macron later told French media that Maiga’s comments were “unacceptable” and suggested that Mali’s …

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France warns Mali against Russian Wagner mercenary deal
3 years, 3 months ago

France warns Mali against Russian Wagner mercenary deal

Al Jazeera  

Deal could push relations between France and Mali to breaking point, and underscore growing Russia influence in region. French Defence Minister Florence Parly has warned Mali against a deal with Russian private security group Wagner amid claims the country’s military government is close to hiring 1,000 mercenaries. “We haven’t signed anything with Wagner, but we are talking with everyone.” Four …

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