Former Mali president Toure, democratic icon toppled in coup, has died

By Reuters,

Former Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72, an aide said on Tuesday. He died in Turkey on Monday night, his chief of staf...

MALI , Toure

Kenya joins global condemnation of Mali military takeover

By PSCU,

African Heads of State have strongly condemned the Mali military takeover during which President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was seized by mutinying soldie...

Boubacar Keita , MALI

Mali President Keita resigns  after arrest by mutinous soldiers

By VOA,

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned late Tuesday night, hours after he was arrested by mutinous soldiers following months of massive protes...

keita , MALI

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita arrested by mutinying soldiers

By Agencies,

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was arrested on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, two security sources told Reuters. The a...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita , MALI

23 dead, 300 missing after attack on Mali village

By Reuters,

At least 23 people are dead and 300 missing after an attack on Sunday on a village of Fulani herders in central Mali where communal violence has surge...

attack , Fulani herders , Issiaka Ganame , MALI

Mali massacre: Troops struggle to disarm ethnic militia

By Reuters,

Shortly after rolling into the central Malian town of Koro to detain a leader of an ethnic militia suspected of massacring about 160 villagers, a pick...

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Mali government resigns after massacre

By VOA,

Mali’s prime minister and his whole government resigned Thursday, four weeks after a massacre of some 160 Fulani herders by an ethnic vigilante grou...

MALI

Death toll from attack on Mali herders rises to 157

By Reuters,

The death toll from Saturday’s attack by gunmen on villagers in central Mali has risen to 157, a government spokesman said, confirming it as one of ...

Amadou Kotia , MALI

Militia head refutes his group responsible for Mali massacre

By VOA,

The head of an ethnic Dogon militia blamed for a massacre in central Mali denied Monday that his fighters had been involved in the gruesome attack tha...

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Mali President sacks generals, disbands vigilantes after massacre

By Reuters,

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals and disbanded an anti-jihadi vigilante group on Sunday, a day after gunmen ...

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Mali leader sacks generals, disbands vigilantes after massacre

By Reuters,

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals and disbanded an anti-jihadi vigilante group on Sunday, a day after gunmen ...

MALI

134 Fulani herders killed in Malian violence

By VOA,

Gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeli...

Fulani , MALI , U.N

Mali President Keita wins re-election with 67pc of vote

By Reuters,

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won re-election with 67 percent of the vote in a run-off against opposition rival Soumaila Cisse, the Ministry...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita , Mali President

Mali votes in presidential run-off amid heavy security

By Reuters,

Malians voted in a run-off presidential election on Sunday but observers reported that turnout was low, with several polling stations coming under att...

Islamic state , MALI , Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita , Malian run-off elections , Militant attacks , Soumalia Cisse

Mali begins presidential vote count amid simmering insecurity

By Reuters,

Vote counting began in Mali on Sunday evening after an election to determine whether President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will win a second term, amid eth...

Islamist militancy , MALI , mali president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita , Mali Presidential elections , Soumaila Cisse , The European Union , Tuareg rebellion

Migrant ‘Spiderman’ who saved 4yr-old child gets French citizenship

By AFP,

A Malian migrant who scaled a Paris apartment block to save a four-year-old child was praised as an "example" by President Emmanuel Macron. The Fre...

France spiderman , Mamoudou Gassama

Mali PM and ministers resign to allow government reshuffle

By Reuters,

Malian Prime Minister Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga and his government resigned on Friday, the president's office said, without giving a reason. Maiga is...

Mali president postpones referendum on reforms

By Reuters,

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has shelved plans for a referendum on constitutional reforms that have been met with opposition and ignited re...

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New French President visits Mali in first trip outside Europe

By VOA,

French President Emmanuel Macron made his first official trip outside Europe on Friday, visiting French troops stationed in Mali and pledging to be un...

Mali’s local elections marred by protests, boycotts

By Reuters,

Malians burned ballot boxes and protested against long-delayed local elections this weekend to fill posts left vacant in the north since Islamist mili...

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