Mali Bound

Mali's ruling junta has asked prosecutors to probe the UN's peacekeeping mission for "espionage" following a report which said hundreds of people were massacred last year by Malian troops and their allies. In a statement published on social media on Tuesday, the...

Mali's foreign minister called Friday for the UN Security Council to withdraw the peacekeeping mission in his country "without delay,"  denouncing its "failure" to respond to security challenges. The country's military rulers have increasingly imposed operational...

Malians go to the polls on Sunday to pass judgment on the governing junta's constitution, which has fueled speculation that the country's strongman ruler will seek election. The vote is the first organized by the military since it seized power in August 2020 of a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Mali's junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, discussed security and economic relations between their two countries, both sides reported on Wednesday. During the phone talks, "at the initiative of the Malian side", the two...