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Mali’s new Constitutional Court president
Bamako, Aug 9, 2020 - Newly-appointed judges at Mali's Constitutional Court, which is at the centre of a political crisis in the fragile country, on Sunday elected political veteran Amadou Ousmane Toure as their president, officials told AFP. The move comes after...
Mali braces for more political turmoil, as calls for protests build up
Mali's opposition vowed to stage nationwide protests Tuesday seeking embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's ouster, after a lull in a six-month crisis rocking the fragile Sahel state. Addressing reporters in the capital Bamako, opposition figure Choguel Maiga...
Mali president appoints new constitutional court chief in a bid to save his job
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita appointed nine judges to the Constitutional Court on Friday, by decree, as part of a compromise intended to ease the country's months-long political crisis. The poor Sahel nation is in the grip of a political impasse between...
Sahel: UN seeks to integrate Mali refugees in Niger population
Some 15,000 Malians were moved out of two large refugee camps in western Niger in late 2019 to live in nearby towns where they will be safer from jihadist attacks, the United Nations announced for the first time on Wednesday. "The closure of the camps in December 2019...
Sahel: Restoring the world heritage site of Bandiagara in Mali
The UN's culture organisation will restore the world heritage site of Bandiagara, in central Mali, which has been hit hard by the country's long-running conflict, it announced Tuesday. The work will focus on sites devoted to traditional culture, as well as restoring...
Mali: UN plane careens off Gao airport runway
A United Nations plane careened off the runway while touching down in the northern Malian city of Gao on Monday, the international organisation said, injuring 11 people. In a statement, the UN said that four of its officials and seven crew members were on board the...
Mali: Opposition rejects compromise by West African leaders, insists president must leave
Mali's opposition on Wednesday reiterated calls for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, again spurning a compromise floated by West African leaders seeking to resolve a weeks-old political crisis. Using the acronym by which the president is known, prominent...
Mali crisis: Opposition insists on president’s departure
A protest movement that has sprung up in Mali, shaking President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's grip on power, on Tuesday rejected a compromise put forward by regional leaders and insisted that he quit. In a statement, the so-called June 5 Movement said it "demands the...
Sahel: 22 killed in Mali minibus accident
Bamako, July 28, 2020 - Twenty-two people were killed and 21 were wounded in southern Mali on Tuesday when a minibus collided with a dump truck, the transport ministry said. The accident occurred around 9 am on a national highway linking the town of Kangaba near the...
Mali announces reopening of air and land borders
Bamako, July 24, 2020 - Mali announced Friday that it would shortly re-open its air and land borders after a months-long closure aimed at stemming coronavirus infections. In a statement, the government said air borders, closed on March 18, would open again on Saturday...
Sahel to get $285 million of Covid-19 aid from AfDB
The African Development Bank said Thursday it would provide $285 million in aid to Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad to help them fight the coronavirus pandemic. The aid was being provided within the framework of a $10-billion COVID-19 response facility...
Sahel: Five West African presidents gather in Mali to save it from complete collapse
Bamako, July 23, 2020 - West African leaders gathered in Bamako on Thursday in a fresh push to end an escalating political crisis in the fragile state of Mali. In an exceptional one-day summit, the presidents of Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Niger have...
Sahel: Mali crisis deepens after ECOWAS failed at mediation
Bamako, July 20, 2020 - Malian leaders are gearing up for more mediation talks on Thursday, when four African presidents will fly to the country in a bid to resolve its deepening political crisis.The leaders of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Niger are all due to...
Mali: Mediators propose that the opposition participates in government
Bamako, July 19, 2020 - West African mediators trying to resolve Mali's political crisis on Sunday called for a power-sharing government and a new constitutional court in their latest bid to calm tensions. The country is in the grip of a political impasse between...
Mali: Inside the June 5 Movement
Bamako, July 17, 2020 - Mali's protest movement against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has triggered the war-torn nation's most serious political crisis in years, sparking fears it will slide into chaos. The June 5 Movement has triggered a show-down with the...
Mali opposition agrees to truce, announces cancellation of Friday protest
Bamako, July 15, 2020 - The Malian opposition alliance that demands President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita step down has called off a high-risk protest, a spokesman said Wednesday. Demonstrations had been set for Friday, but the so-called June 5 Movement decided to...
Sahel: Regional initiative to ease tension in Mali
[Photo: Ex-Nigeria president Goodluck Johnathan leads ECOWAS delegation to mediate in Mali crisis]: Envoys from Mali's neighbours led by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Bamako on Wednesday in a bid to mediate in an escalating political crisis...
Sahel: Understanding the crisis in Mali
A protest movement in Mali has snowballed in just six weeks, shaking the presidency of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and sparking fears for the fragile state's future. What are the causes of the crisis in the West African country and where could it lead? Were there warning...
International court takes up case of Malian man accused of war crimes
The Hague, July 14, 2020 - A Malian jihadist police chief committed "unimaginable crimes" during a reign of terror in the fabled shrine city of Timbuktu, prosecutors told the International Criminal Court at the start of his trial Tuesday. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag...
Mali: Embattled president seeks to appease tension with release of opposition figures
Bamako, July 13, 2020 - All opposition figures who were detained in Mali after violent protests against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Friday have been released, their lawyers said on Monday. Alifa Habib Kone, one of the lawyers representing the opposition...
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