Mali
Niger political veterans to face off in presidential vote
Niger is the world's poorest nation, according to the UN's benchmark of development of 189 countries, and is struggling with jihadist insurgencies that have...
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20 peacekeepers wounded in Mali attack: UN
Unidentified militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn centre of the Sahel state, at around 7 am.
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Africa records higher death rates during coronavirus second wave
Africa has so far recorded around 3.3 million cases of COVID-19 and nearly 82,000 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
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French soldier in Mali shoots two others in drunken fight
The confrontation under the influence happened overnight from 24 to 25 December at a base in Gao in eastern Mali.
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UN Mali probe sees war crimes, crimes against humanity
The landlocked Sahel country descended into violence in 2012 when ethnic Tuareg separatists launched an insurgency in the north of the country, which was then overtaken by an armed campaign by jihadists.
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Mali seizes $8.5 million of gold hidden in car
The 143 kilograms of gold was en route to neighbouring Guinea.
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Bomb kills Malian soldier and wounds five
Mali is struggling with an Islamist insurgency that first erupted in the north but has since spread to the centre of the country, as well as spilling over into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.
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Mali's interim legislature sits for first time
Young army officers in the conflict-ridden Sahel state toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18 after weeks of anti-government protests.
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'Democratic backsliding' in W.Africa as election season begins
Millions more will vote across the region - in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria - before the year is out, under the wary eye of defenders of democracy.
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Mali interim Vice President Assimi Goita frees political and military figures
They former prisoners would "remain at the disposition of the courts if needed".
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Mali frees over 100 jailed jihadists
"As part of the negotiations to obtain the release of Soumaila Cisse and Sophie Petronin, more than one hundred jihadist prisoners were released this weekend."
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Mali interim president sworn in, vows handover power within 18-month limit
Bah Ndaw said in a speech he would strive for 'a stable, calm and successful transition, in the agreed conditions and timeframe.'
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Ex-defence minister appointed Mali's transition leader
Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita said in a televised statement that former defence minister Bah Ndaw would become transition president -- while he himself would serve as vice president.
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Former Mali dictator Moussa Traore laid to rest
Traore, who ruled Mali for 22 years before being deposed in a 1991 coup, died at age 83 in the capital Bamako on September 15.
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Ecowas hopes for civilian-led transition govt in Mali 'in days'
President Nana Akufo-Addo, who currently chairs Ecowas, said that a mediator would travel to Bamako in a week and the 15-nation bloc wanted the process finished.
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Mali's protest leader backs civilian 'rare bird' to lead transition
Dicko, a Salafist preacher who earlier this year electrified protesters during anti-government demonstrations, told the state broadcaster late on Wednesday that Mali needed assistance and that it had nothing to gain by going behind the back of the international community.
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W.African bloc again calls for 'swift' Mali civilian transition
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a ban on trade and financial flows, and has called for elections within 12 months.
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Ecowas agrees Mali transitional government to last a year: Nigerian presidency
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) held a summit on Friday to discuss Mali’s future and whether to lift sanctions on the country following last week’s ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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West African leaders to push Mali junta to hand over power within a year
The report, not published by ECOWAS but posted on several websites, also requires that civilians fill the posts of both president and prime minister.
