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Over 70 miners feared dead in Mali mine collapse

More than 70 people were killed in a collapse of a tunnel at a gold mining site in southwest Mali, local media reported Wednesday. The collapse of the tunnel at the gold mining site in the Kangaba region occurred on...

Mali presenter to remain in custody despite acquittal on one count

Supporters of a prominent Malian TV and radio journalist welcomed Tuesday (Jul. 11) his acquittal of charges of "faking crimes… and inventing evidence for a non-existent crime." Outside Bamako's District Court of Commune IV, their voiced their support as Mohamed...

West African Economic and Monetary Union ends Mali’s suspension

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) announced on Saturday the lifting of Mali's suspension from its bodies and institutions. Since January 2022 that Mali had been suspended from the organisation to sanction the junta's intention to remain in power for five years. Mali was also suspended from regional...

Russia says Wagner will continue operations in the Central African Republic and Mali

The paramilitary group Wagner will continue to operate in Mali and the Central African Republic, the head of Russian diplomacy assured us on Monday, adding that the organization's rebellion in Russia will not affect relations between Moscow and its...

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov visits Mali as a sign of stronger ties

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Mali early Tuesday for talks with its junta leaders seeking Moscow's help in battling an Islamist insurgency that remains entrenched despite years of fighting. Lavrov, who was in Iraq on Monday, was welcomed...

Morocco Helps Negotiate Release of German Hostage in Mali

Morocco’s intelligence services have helped negotiate the release of German Development worker, Jorg Lange who had been held hostage in Mali since 2018. German news outlet Spiegel reported the news on Friday, stressing that Lange’s kidnapping is “over after almost...

Choguel Maiga can return his role as prime minister due to the rule of Mali’s junta.

The head of Mali's ruling junta has rescinded a decree appointing a colonel as interim prime minister, paving the way for Choguel Kokalla Maiga to return to the top job, officials said Sunday evening. Choguel Kokalla Maiga, a civilian and...

German forces will leave Mali by the middle of 2024.

The German government said Tuesday that it plans to wind down the country's participation in a U.N. military mission in Mali by the middle of 2024. Tensions have grown between Mali, its African neighbors and the West after Mali's government...

150,000 displaced children in Mali lack a legal identity (NGO)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said that nearly 150,000 children displaced by the conflict in Mali do not have birth certificates and are at risk of exclusion and disenfranchisement because they cannot prove their identity. "Thousands of children are...

‘Mali preventing access to killings site’

The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern that Malian authorities have denied its human rights investigators access to a village where hundreds of people were killed. A statement by the UN Human Rights Office said: "We are extremely concerned that...
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85% of Ghanaians want free SHS maintained – Afrobarometer Report.

The latest edition of the Afrobarometer Report has revealed that 85% of Ghanaians want free senior high school (FSHS)...
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