Attempted coup in Sierra Leone: One of the organizers arrested
On Tuesday December 5, the Sierra Leonean Government announced the arrest of one of the main organizers of what it described as an attempted coup […]
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Guinea-Bissau: President Embalo denounces “an attempted coup”
The President of Guinea-Bissau on Saturday December 2 denounced an “attempted coup d’Etat” which will have “heavy consequences” after clashes between the Army and elements […]
Chad’s soldiers sent to Mali for peacekeeping operation return home
Chad’s transitional leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno welcomed Thursday November 30 home the country’s contingent that operated in Mali under the UN peacekeeping Mission known […]
Mali to take on France at FIFA U-17 World Cup 2023 in semi-final fixture
Mali lock horns today November 28 with France for the second semi-final game of the FIFA World Cup 2023, currently taking place in Indonesia. The […]
UN peacekeepers evacuate strategic northern Mali camp amid rising insecurity
UN soldiers have reportedly left a strategic camp in Mali’s volatile north, which has been wracked by escalating jihadist and separatist violence. “We left Kidal […]
Mali force pullout ‘recipe for disaster’ as ISIL doubled territory it controls, US/UN warn
The armed group ISIL (ISIS) has almost doubled its territory in Mali in less than a year, UN experts have said in a new report, […]
Mali’s junta adopts new mining law to boost state revenues
Mali has adopted a new mining code allowing the military-led government to increase ownership up to a 30% stake in new mineral projects and collect […]
Mali: Former parliament Speaker, his chief financial officer detained over money embezzlement
Issaka Sidibé, ex-Speaker of the Malian Parliament and his Chief Financial Officer Mamoutou Touré who is the current chairman of the country’s football association (Femafoot) […]
Romania Grateful to Morocco Following Release of Citizen Kidnapped in Burkina Faso
Romania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Luminita Odobescu expressed her profound gratitude as she announced the successful release of a Romanian citizen who had been kidnapped […]
Niger coup: European states to evacuate citizens; Burkina Faso, Mali warn against intervention
France, but also Italy and Spain, will shortly start to evacuate their nationals from Niger following a military coup, as junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali […]