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Mali detains top executive and 2 others from an Australian gold mining company over dispute
1 month, 1 week 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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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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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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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’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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Mali’s top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave the country after more than 10 years
1 year, 6 months ago

Mali’s top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave the country after more than 10 years

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s top diplomat demanded Friday that U.N. peacekeepers who have been in this West African country grappling with an Islamic insurgency for more than a decade leave immediately, claiming they had failed in their mission. He said the mission has not “been able to adequately respond to the security situation in Mali” and that its “future outlook …

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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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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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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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UN: Al-Qaida and Islamic State driving insecurity in Mali
1 year, 11 months ago

UN: Al-Qaida and Islamic State driving insecurity in Mali

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups are driving insecurity in central Mali and continue to clash near populated areas in the northern Gao and Menaka regions, the U.N. chief said in a new report circulated Monday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “the level and frequency of incidents of violence remain exceptionally high,” with attacks by “violent extremist groups” …

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2 peacekeepers killed, 4 wounded in attack in Mali, UN says
2 years ago

2 peacekeepers killed, 4 wounded in attack in Mali, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Two U.N. peacekeepers from Nigeria were killed and four others wounded in an attack Friday on a peace patrol in the town of Timbuktu in northern Mali, the United Nations said. The U.N. Security Council said a member of Mali’s security forces was also killed in the attack. The council stressed that involvement in planning, directing, sponsoring …

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Germany to withdraw troops from UN Mali mission by May 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany to withdraw troops from UN Mali mission by May 2024

Al Jazeera  

Germany becomes latest country to pull its troops from UN Mali mission after facing difficulties in recent months. Germany will withdraw its troops from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman has said, becoming the latest country to announce its pullout from the rebellion-hit country. There have been growing tensions between the UN mission …

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Russia to send $100m in food and fuel to Mali, minister says
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia to send $100m in food and fuel to Mali, minister says

Al Jazeera  

Mali’s military government has been strengthening its relationship with Russia as anti-French sentiments peak in Bamako. Mali expects Russia to send shipments of fuel, fertiliser and food worth around $100 million to Mali in the coming weeks, the West African country’s economy minister, Alousseini Sanou, says. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed providing the supplies with his Malian counterpart in August, …

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UN: Mali pullout from counterterrorism force `unfortunate’
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: Mali pullout from counterterrorism force `unfortunate’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s top political official for Africa called Mali’s decision to withdraw from the Sahel regional counterterrorism force “unfortunate and regrettable” Wednesday, especially at a time of increasing terrorist activity and insecurity. Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee told the U.N. Security Council that this week’s decision by Mali’s ruling junta to leave the force “is most certainly a …

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UN, Niger lament Mali’s withdrawal from G5 Sahel force
2 years, 7 months ago

UN, Niger lament Mali’s withdrawal from G5 Sahel force

Al Jazeera  

The decision to abandon the multinational effort may further isolate Bamako on the regional and global stage. The United Nations’ top political official for Africa has bemoaned Mali’s decision to withdraw from a multinational military force in West Africa’s Sahel region, calling the move “unfortunate and regrettable”. Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee told a meeting of the UN’s Security Council on …

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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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EU imposes sanctions on Mali’s PM, coup leaders
2 years, 10 months ago

EU imposes sanctions on Mali’s PM, coup leaders

Al Jazeera  

The officials are subject to a travel ban which prevents them from entering the EU and freezing of their assets. The European Union has placed targeted sanctions on several senior figures of Mali’s transitional government, including the prime minister, citing delayed elections and a lack of reforms. 👇https://t.co/9767JC7kDr — EU Council Press February 4, 2022 Choguel Maiga was named as …

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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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UN chief urges Mali gov’t to announce ‘acceptable’ vote timetable
2 years, 11 months ago

UN chief urges Mali gov’t to announce ‘acceptable’ vote timetable

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres says he is working with the AU and ECOWAS on creating ‘conditions’ to allow for accelerated transition. The United Nations chief has called on Mali’s ruling military to announce an election timetable amid anger about its suggestion of staying in power for five years before holding a vote. “It is absolutely essential that the government of Mali present …

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French forces leave Mali’s Timbuktu after nearly nine years
3 years ago

French forces leave Mali’s Timbuktu after nearly nine years

Al Jazeera  

French army says ‘will be present in a different way’ as former colonial power draws down its military presence in Mali. French forces have left the city of Timbuktu, the latest sign the former colonial power is scaling down its presence in northern Mali nearly nine years after a military intervention that helped push back fighters that have overrun parts …

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It’s time for a reality check in Mali
3 years, 6 months ago

It’s time for a reality check in Mali

Al Jazeera  

In June 2015, warring parties in Mali signed a peace agreement meant to bring stability to the beleaguered nation. Signed following the country’s 2012 civil war, the agreement was supposed to rebuild a unified national army and decentralise political power and decision-making, paving the way for a more stable, secure Mali. The army’s inability to secure northern Mali and apparent …

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Mali’s president and PM arrested by mutinous soldiers
3 years, 7 months ago

Mali’s president and PM arrested by mutinous soldiers

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mutinous soldiers arrested Mali’s transitional president and prime minister Monday hours after a government reshuffle left out two members of the junta that had seized power in a coup nine months earlier, the African Union and United Nations said. A joint statement issued along with the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS and other members of …

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Mali’s military detains president, prime minister
3 years, 7 months ago

Mali’s military detains president, prime minister

Al Jazeera  

UN, AU condemn Bah Ndaw and Moctar Ouane’s detention and call for their ‘immediate and unconditional release’. In a joint statement, the UN and AU called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of Mali’s civilian leadership and said “the international community rejects in advance any act of coercion, including forced resignations”. ‘Kidnapping’ The joint statement called Ndaw and Ouane’s detentions …

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