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Three women among the 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali have been released. The women arrived home late on Saturday about seven weeks after their arrests sparked a diplomatic spat between military-ruled Mali and the Ivory Coast. Mali said the group – who were detained at the airport in the …

Mali has accused France of twin sovereignty breaches – Bamako says France violated its airspace and in so doing supplied arms to militants. Mali’s foreign affairs minister, Abdoulaye Diop, in a letter to the head of the United Nations Security Council dated Monday, August 15, said its airspace has been …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Mali’s military ruler, Colonel Assimi Goita. In an August 10 statement released by the Russian presidency, the two leaders are said to have discussed bilateral relations and other areas of mutual interest and cooperation. “They touched upon, among other things, …

Widespread anger at chronic insecurity in the West African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso paved the way for military men to kick out failing governments over the past two years. “There’s no more room for mistakes,” said Mali’s coup leader as he seized power in August 2020. “We have …

An armed group in Mali affiliated with al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the country’s main military base near the capital, which it said was a response to a governmental collaboration with Russian mercenaries. The Katiba Macina claimed the attack in the strategic garrison town near the …

Mali’s transition authorities on Monday said they were holding 49 Ivorian soldiers on suspicion of seeking to destabilise the country. The soldiers were detained on Sunday, shortly after arriving at the Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako, aboard a special flight. While Ivorian authorities say the soldiers are part of …

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Saturday shelved for a month its decision on post-coup sanctions against the military authorities in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso. At an Extraordinary Meeting of the 15-member bloc in Accra, the West African …

The birth of Mali’s nonuplets – nine babies born at the same time – was such an unusual event that some believed it was a hoax. But as they marked their first birthday this week they’re all in good health and the family hopes to head back home to Timbuktu soon. …

President Akufo-Addo has suggested 12 months for Mali’s military to hold democratic elections and hand over power to civilian rule. In a interview with FRANCE 24 at the EU-African Union summit in Brussels, he said the junta’s proposal of a four-year transition was “clearly unacceptable” and said a 12-month transition …

The army in Mali says eight of its soldiers have been killed and five are missing after an attack by rebels in the north-eastern Archam region. The fighting comes days after France and its allies said they were withdrawing their forces from Mali. An army statement said that in response …