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Mali: New Mali leaders looking to ease tensions with EcowasF

Mali's ruling junta said Wednesday that it was in talks with the West African bloc ECOWAS, as well as other organisations, to find a "compromise" on restoring civilian rule. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed a trade embargo and closed...
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Mali: The demise of the historic Timbuktu and the man who helped destroy itF

The fabled shrine city of Timbuktu was reduced to a "shadow of its former self" by Islamist jihadists, and residents are still living in fear today, the International Criminal Court heard Tuesday. Lawyers representing 1,946 victims of the year-long jihadist occupation...
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Mali accuses France of seeking to divide the countryF

Mali's prime minister on Monday accused France of having sought the partition of the west African country during its military mission there, the latest flare-up in relations between Paris and Bamako. In a 45-minute speech to diplomats gathered at his request, Choguel...
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US-Russia competition expands to Mali and the SahelF

The top US military commander for Africa on Thursday suggested that impoverished and jihadist-hit Mali was paying Russian private military company Wagner $10 million a month. France, Mali's former colonial ruler, has accused Wagner's mercenaries of "supporting" Mali's...
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