First Independent Mena Newspaper
French Government officials announced Friday that France’s anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed the military commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned group linked to attacks in the region. Senior commander of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) militant group, Bah ag Moussa, aka Bamoussa Diarra, had been killed in a French military operation in the Menaka area on […]
Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré (“ATT”), who ruled the country from 2002 to 2012 before being overthrown in a military coup, died during the night of Monday 9 to Tuesday 10 November in Turkey, at the age of 72, a relative and a doctor reported. “Amadou Toumani Touré died during the night of […]
A forum on intercommunity reconciliation opened on Thursday in Niono, a town in the Segou region, in the center of the country. Four ministers and several hundred people were invited to take part in the discussions aimed at easing tensions between the various communities, including the traditional Dozo hunters on the one hand and the […]
Second UN speech in New York about Mali since the August 18 coup d’état. While the Security Council had been quite aloof the first time, aligned with ECOWAS’s demands, it was unanimously more encouraging this time. In its presidential statement, a statement of the utmost importance by UN standards, the Security Council first of all […]
The military who seized power on August 18 in Mali before embarking on a transition supposed to bring civilians back to power announced Wednesday the release of the twelve civilian and military personalities arrested in their coup d’état. The first to return home was Boubou Cissé, the former Prime Minister of Mali. He was […]
Malian political parties and media spoke out about the violation of their borders by the Algerian army, which is said to have made an incursion of hundreds of kilometers in the north of the country. Mali, which is in the midst of a transition process, has been plagued by the proliferation of terrorist groups mostly […]
The community of West African states announced Tuesday the lifting of sanctions on Mali, putting an end to the embargo that had been weighing on the country since the August 18 coup d’état against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. The declaration of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States […]
Morocco has sent Mali a message of support, friendship and solidarity with the Malian authorities and people following the important developments unfolding on the ground for a peaceful transition. The message was conveyed Tuesday by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, who, upon the instruction of King Mohammed VI, paid a visit to Bamako. Bourita, the […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister flew to Mali on orders of King Mohammed VI where he met with transitional president Bah N’dah and religious dignitaries. Bourita also met with transitional vice-president Colonel Assimi Goita and transitional Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. Later on Tuesday, he met religious dignitaries including Bouye Haidara and Mahmoud Dicko. The interlocutors of the […]
The Malian transitional President Bah N’Daw signed a decree Sunday, appointing former foreign minister Moctar Ouane head of government. The appointment was announced two days after the swearing-in ceremony of Transitional President Bah N’Daw, and following a meeting Saturday evening with junta officials and the transitional president. Since 2016, the newly appointed Prime Minister was […]