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In Mali, the African Development Bank (AfDB) have approved €11.14 million to improve climate resilience for 100,000 farmers in Mali and safeguard the ecosystems of the Niger River. The AfDB signed three grant agreements with the Malian authorities. The agreements include a €3.5 million grant from the Transition Assistance Facility (TAF), a €2 million grant […]
An attack perpetrated Thursday in Bouldé, in the region of Mopti (central Mali) by unidentified gunmen left at least 15 people dead and several others wounded, official sources confirmed Saturday. “Armed men dressed as traditional hunters burst into the village of Bouldé (Mondoro Commune) around 5 am, opening fire on the population, killing about 15 […]
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has appointed ex-Finance Minister Boubou Cisse as the new prime minister of the West African nation. Last week, Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga and his cabinet resigned following criticism over the handling of an upsurge of violence in the center of the country and in particular the massacre of Ogossagou […]
In Mali, militants killed about 24 soldiers in a raid on two army camps over the weekend. Driving cars and motorbikes, the attackers stormed Dioura army camp in the Mopti region, on Sunday, in the latest assault on the military in the West African terrorism-stricken nation. The attacks were perpetrated by Jamâ’ah Nusrah al-Islâm wal-Muslimîn […]
The Malian Prime Minister and his cabinet have resigned on Thursday, four weeks after a massacre of some 160 Fulani herders in the West African nation. According to a statement from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s office, the President accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister and that of the members of government. “A prime minister […]
Moroccan security and customs services have foiled a drug smuggling attempt at Guerguarate crossing point, in the southernmost tip of the country on the borders with Mauritania. The search operation, carried out Wednesday on the basis of accurate information provided by the Directorate General for Territory Surveillance (DGST), enabled the seizure of 11,940 tons of […]
Algeria has shown reluctancy to support its southern neighbors in their joint efforts to counter terrorism through the G5 force, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a recent study. Algeria “has shown itself willing to export security threats to Mali to secure its own territory and safeguard its oil and gas exploitation sites,” […]
United Nations human rights experts have arrived in Mali to investigate last weekend’s horrific extermination of at least 157 villagers in the central region of the war-torn nation. Armed men wearing traditional Dogon hunters’ clothing surrounded the village at dawn last weekend before attacking people in their homes in Ogossagou in the Mopti region. The […]
Cooperation prospects and coordination between Morocco and Mali in migration management were at the center of talks, held Tuesday in Bamako, between Malian PM Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga and Moroccan Minister Delegate for expatriates & migration affairs Abdelkrim Benatiq. The two officials voiced willingness to enhance further bilateral relations in various fields in accordance with the […]
The Renewable Energies Agency of Mali and other stakeholder groups such as the World Bank and the Climate Investment Fund are organizing the first edition of the Malian Renewable Energy Week to be held from February 19 to 23 in the capital, Bamako. According to the organizers of the event, it will increase the visibility […]