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The Barkhane anti-jihadist force began the final phase of the transfer of the Kidal base in northern Mali to the United Nations force (MINUSMA) and the Malian army on Tuesday, the French general staff said. “The last logistical convoy left for Gao this morning at 5 a.m. A detachment of Barkhane will remain on site […]
Morocco will provide venues for seven African countries for the next matches of FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers as they lack professional stadiums meeting world football governing body’s standards. Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Djibouti and Mozambique host their opponents for coming fixtures. Moulay Abdellah complex in Rabat will host Guinea vs Sudan while […]
Morocco has reiterated its position rejecting any interference in Mali’s domestic issues and urging the international community to back whatever solutions the Malian people and authorities agree on to settle the crisis. Foreign minister Nasser Bourita made the statement following talks with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop who carried a message from the president of […]
The Malian National Transitional Council adopted on Thursday a bill to create a War College. The CNT, which acts as a legislative assembly during the transition period, voted for the creation of the school, which is intended to strengthen the national security arsenal, in particular to train future Malian army officers. The EGM, the Mali […]
The Malian National Transitional Council (NTC) adopted two amnesty bills, benefiting the junta, for the coups that led to the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020 and the ouster of transitional president Bah Ndaw in May 2021. “No legal action can be taken against the perpetrators. We cannot prosecute officials for offenses […]
French authorities on Tuesday expressed concern about the contingency of deploying paramilitaries of the private Russian company Wagner in Mali, warning that such a deployment could prompt the withdrawal of French troops, who have been fighting jihadist groups there for eight years. News surfaced that Bamako had been in talks with the Wagner company for […]
The Government of Mali has strongly condemned “the cowardly and barbaric attack” carried out by “unidentified armed individuals” on Saturday against a Moroccan commercial convoy in the town of Didieni, Kayes region, resulting in the death of two Moroccan nationals and the injury of others. The Malian foreign ministry issued on Monday this statement following […]
Moroccans and the region woke up Sunday to the abhorrent news of a cowardice ambush that took the lives of two Moroccan truck drivers and injured another in Mali on the way to the capital. The attack was perpetrated 300 kilometers away from Bamako by gunmen who escaped without stealing any goods from the Moroccan […]
Moussa Diawara, the former director of Mali’s State Security under Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, was arrested and charged with “complicity in kidnapping and abduction” in the disappearance of journalist Birama Touré. The former president’s son, Karim Keita, is also named in the case. This is a new twist in the case of the disappearance of journalist […]
Two Mauritanians kidnapped in Mali on July 18 along with three Chinese nationals were released on Tuesday, a source close to the Mauritanian government said. The five men were abducted during an attack on a road construction site some 55 km from the town of Kwala in southwestern Mali, not far from the Mauritanian border, […]