Tag: Gao

Mali’s Tuareg rebels claim takeover of abandoned UN camp near strategic town of Kidal

November 2, 2023

Separatist rebels in northern Mali have claimed to have taken over a camp in the strategic town of Kidal immediately after it was evacuated by ... Read More

Mali: army, northern rebels move closer to decisive confrontation in Kidal region

October 5, 2023

The Malian army is deploying towards a northern separatist rebel stronghold in the Kidal region in a high-risk operation which could foreshadow a major confrontation ... Read More

Egypt pulls out over 460 peacekeepers from Mali as UN mission is parking out

August 3, 2023

Over 460 peacekeepers from the Egyptian combat and convoy escort battalion working for United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) have pulled out ... Read More

Mali: UN helicopter blown over after landing in Gao injuring 11 onboard

June 16, 2023

A helicopter belonging to the UN peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) capsized Thursday owing to winds and injured 11 on board. “One of our helicopters ... Read More

Red Cross announces release of employees kidnapped in Mali

March 21, 2023

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday two of its staff kidnapped in Mali, early March, have been freed, without providing more ... Read More

France and its partners confirm a “coordinated withdrawal” from Mali

February 18, 2022

After a working dinner at the Élysée Palace attended by some thirty African and European leaders, France, its European partners and Canada announced on Thursday, ... Read More

Mali: ICC grants 1.8 billion CFA francs for compensation and reparation of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi’s victims

November 30, 2020

Four years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi to nine years in prison for war crimes and the destruction ... Read More

Algeria Indulged in Shady Deal with Belmokhtar to Attack Moroccan Interests

March 18, 2016

The Algerian government has reportedly reached in 2012 a secret agreement with Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar to attack Moroccan interests in the Sahara, reveals a ... Read More

Algerian diplomats kidnapped in Mali freed

September 1, 2014

After spending more than two years in captivity, the Algerian diplomats kidnapped and taken hostage by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa ... Read More

Intervening in Mali – Securing the Sahel?

January 26, 2013

Last December, the U.N. Security Council passed a cautious resolution that outlined steps to be taken before an international military intervention into Mali to deal ... Read More