First Independent Mena Newspaper
A sweeping new offensive by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nasrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) in western Mali is rapidly reshaping the Sahel conflict, expanding both the geographic reach and economic impact of militant Islamist violence in the region, according to a new study by the Washington-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS). Led by the Maçina Liberation […]
A diplomatic crisis has erupted between France and Mali following the arrest of Yann Vezilier, a French embassy employee accused by Mali’s military government of plotting to “destabilize” the Sahel country. Malian authorities allege Vezilier, whom they claim is linked to French intelligence, was recruiting military and civil society figures to orchestrate a coup. The […]
Mali’s military regime has reportedly arrested over 40 soldiers, including two high-ranking generals, for allegedly attempting to overthrow the government. The mass arrests, described by a source within the army as a response to an “attempt at destabilization,” signal deepening tensions within the ruling military leadership led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. Among the detained are […]
Russia has reportedly delivered military equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery systems to Mali, which observers suspect may have been moved there from Syria following the departure of Russian troops after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. According to reports from Defense Web, Africa’s leading defense news portal, Mali could be another recipient of […]
Australian gold miner, Resolute Mining’s shares dropped as much as 32% on Monday (11 November) following the arrest of its CEO and two executives while in Mali to discuss “claims made against” the company with the country’s authorities. CEO Terence Holohan and his two colleagues “were in Bamako to discuss with mining and tax authorities […]
Mali rulers have axed the 2015 Algiers Agreement signed by the various warring parties in the West African country, dealing another hard blow to the Algerian diplomacy which is suffering setback after setback. In a statement read Thursday on state television, Mali’s government spokesperson Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga said it was no longer possible to continue […]
Relations between Algiers and Bamako are still strained over Algeria’s continuous “unfriendly acts” and “blatant interference” in Mali’s internal affairs. Diplomatic row between the two countries heightens as Malian authorities exposed once again Algeria dirty tricks and lies at the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held over the weekend in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. The […]
The United Nations mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, officially ended a 10-year deployment in the West African country on Monday (11 December), its spokesperson said, in a pull out ordered by Mali’s military leaders. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established in April 2013 to support political processes in […]
Mercenaries from the Wagner Group are reportedly making $10 million per month through their involvement in the ongoing conflict in Mali as it exchanges African gold to help fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine, experts have said. US intelligence experts believe the Russian-backed private military company, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until his violent death in August, […]
Mali’s leading energy supplier and distributor “Yara Oil” is in advanced talks with the World Bank’s private sector financer, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), for a loan of €20.7 million earmarked to finance its domestic expansion plan, “Sika Finance” reports. Per the expansion plan, the company founded in 1983, will start 10 new distribution stations […]