Mali Coup: Nigeria Flexes Muscles, Demands Immediate Release of Detained Leaders

The Buhari administration has started to flex muscles with the Malian coupists, an indication that Nigeria is likely to mobilise a region force to neutralise the military intervention. In the interim, while Abuja has strongly condemned the detention of interim Malian President, Bah Ndaw, and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, it has also asked for their […]

25-year-old woman gives birth to 9 babies

The government of Mali has disclosed that a 25-year-old woman has allegedly given birth to nine healthy babies. The South African reports that Mali flew Halima Cisse to Morocco where she gave birth on Tuesday, 4 May so that she would receive better health care. The paper, however, said the Moroccan government, is yet to […]

Mali Becoming a Gold Mine for Terrorists, Security Experts Warn

Security experts with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) are warning that a flourishing gold mining economy in Kayes, Mali, is offering violent extremist groups an opportunity to expand their membership and reach. ISS Senior Researcher, Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné, and the Institute’s Research Officer in Bamako, Nadia Adam, said last April 9, al-Qaeda-affiliated groups operating in the […]

Rebels Again Kill UN Peacekeepers in Mali

A deadly attack at the weekend against peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been condemned in the strongest terms by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. Similarly, the UN chief in the second week of last February condemned  what he described as a “complex attack” against the UN mission in the troubled West […]

Mali’s Deadly Attack on Soldiers: Boko Haram’s Ally, Islamic State Claims Responsibility

Boko Haram’s ally, the Islamic State (IS) group on has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack against the Malian army almost a week earlier that killed 33 soldiers, going by a Defense Post report. “IS fighters set up an ambush last Monday for a convoy of the Malian army… and attacked it with different kinds of weapons”, IS propaganda […]

OIF Lifts Suspension On Mali

The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF has lifted the suspension it slammed on Mali following the military coup in the West African nation on August 8. This indication was given by the Secretary General of OIF, Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, following her meeting with the Malian Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane, in Bamako, on Friday. The […]

Terrorist Leader, Ghali, Algeria Playing Significant Roles in Mali’s Transformation, Report Says

In its monthly intelligence report on the Sahara region, Menas Associates says it is anticipating that both the Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorist leader, Iyad ag Ghali, and Algeria are playing significant roles in Mali’s transformation over the next year or two. One implication of the early October exchange, when the head of […]

Amidst Growing Tension in Nigeria, Buhari Expresses Delight Over Mali’s Situation

President Buhari has expressed delight that the Mali situation had calmed down considerably, following interventions by leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). According to his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, the President made the gesture when on Thursday when he received updates on the Mali situation from the Special Envoy/Mediator to the West […]

ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Mali

Leaders of the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, on Tuesday lifted sanctions imposed on Mali following the August 18 military coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.  The crippling sanctions on landlocked Mali were lifted following the nomination of retired Colonel Bah Ndaw as interim president, and Moctar Ouane as prime minister of the transition […]

Mali’s transitional govt should honour commitment to ECOWAS – U.S. Dep’t Transition

The U.S. has urged the transitional government in Mali to honour its commitments to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Spokesperson for the department, Ms Morgan Ortagus, made the cal in a statement made available on the African Regional Media Hub. The commitment includes holding a democratic election within 18 months. Ortagus said […]