Sahel: France calls for a “diplomatic and political surge”
The French Senate organized this Tuesday, February 9 the first debate on the war in Mali. In front of the senators, and a few days […]
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Airline Sky Mali makes its first flight from Bamako to Timbuktu in almost ten years
It is now possible to fly from Bamako to Timbuktu. A commercial aircraft landed Monday for the first time since 2012 in Timbuktu. The frequency […]
Mali: French army claims killing terrorists while local association spoke of civilians in a wedding
Several people were killed on Sunday 3 January in central Mali, with the French army claiming on Tuesday to have beaten dozens of jihadists, while […]
G5 Sahel summit took place in Mauritania
The G5 Sahel countries and France meet on Tuesday June 30 in Nouakchott to take stock of their fight against the jihadists, six months after […]
France announces killing of terrorist Abdelmalek Droukdel
An operation carried out on June 3 in northern Mali by French forces with the support of their partners led to the death of the […]
Mali: German peacekeepers clean explosive devices from the “road of death”
German peacekeepers from MINUSMA, the United Nations Mission in Mali have embarked on a mission to patrol the “road of death”, searching for clues of […]
French troops kill about 30 Islamist insurgents in Mali
French troops in Mali, on Thursday, killed about 30 Islamist insurgents during a gun battle near the border with Niger, France’s Barkhane mission said in […]
Mali: French troops kill at least 10 jihadists near Algeria
At least 10 suspected jihadists have been killed in a raid conducted by French air force on Wednesday in northeast Mali near the border with […]
Mali: French troops arrest key jihadist near Timbuktu
French troops in Mali alongside with the assistance of local security forces have arrested a “key jihadist whose followers have claimed dozens of attacks in […]
French Aid Worker Abducted by Armed Men in Mali
Sophie Pétronin, the head of a children’s humanitarian group was kidnapped on Christmas eve by armed men in Gao, northern Mali. A local radio station […]