Mali adopts new mining code to raise gold concessions ownership
Junta leader Assimi Goita signed the code into law on Monday (Aug. 28), his office announced on social media Tuesday (Aug. 29). Mali is one of Africa's leading gold producers. ...
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Malians promised referendum in June on changing the constitution
Malians have been digesting the news that there's finally to be a referendum on whether to update their constitution on June 18th. It's supposed to move the vast country towards ...
Mali: Military Junta Expels UN Mission’s Human Rights Chief
The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the security situation in the country in a speech to a UN gathering, and accused the regime's new Russian ...
The Burkinabè authorities give the French army 1 month to leave Faso
Burkina Faso this week demanded the departure of French troops from its soil w ithin a month, in a context of growing tensions between the two countries for several months and ...
Malian Army Take Over Gossi Military Base From the French
In a major step towards the departure of France's Barkhane anti-jihadist force from Mali, the French army has officially handed over the keys of the Gossi military base to the ...
MALI: Dozens of Malian Soldiers killed in jihadist attack
A jihadist attack on a military camp in central Mali on Friday killed 27 soldiers and 47 "terrorists" were "neutralised", the country's army said. The fighting left 33 soldiers injured, ...
President Emmanuel Macron said he “totally refuses” to call the French operation in Mali a “failure”
France’s President Emmanuel Macron announced the pullout of French troops from Mali on Thursday, insisting that almost a decade-long military operation in the West African country was not a failure. ...
Bamako: Mali Orders Expulsion of French Ambassador
A statement read on national television Monday said French Ambassador Joel Meyer has been given 72 hours to leave the country. "This measure follows the hostile and outrageous comments made ...
Bamako: Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies aged 76
“President IBK died this morning at 0900 GMT in his home” in Bamako, a family member told AFP using the ex-leader’s initials, with several other family members confirming his passing. ...
ECOWAS Impose Fresh Sanctions On Malian Military Junta
By Metohuey Michael Adoglo In light of the Malian Military Junta’s negotiations to delay Mali’s transition to civilian rule –an Extraordinary Summit by ECOWAS Authority Heads of State and Government ...
