Shield and Alert: Sahel Bound

Mali junta wants people to vote for new constitution to enable power grabF

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...
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Mali leader speaks to Russia’s Putin on deepening tiesF

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...
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Sahel: Al-Qaeda-linked group claims deadly Mali attack on UN peacekeepersF

An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack last week in Mali's deeply troubled north that killed two United Nations peacekeepers. Mali has been grappling with a political and security crisis since 2012 when separatist and...
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15 die in Mali as livestock truck collides with coachesF

Fifteen people died and 32 were injured when a livestock truck collided with two coaches in southern Mali on Tuesday, the transport ministry announced. The coaches were on their way to Mopti in central Mali, when they collided with the ten-tonne truck travelling in...
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