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West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

YoopyaJul 4, 2022April 6, 20230

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed

Malians demonstrate against regional sanctions

YoopyaJan 17, 2022June 19, 20230

Thousands of people demonstrated in the Malian capital Bamako on Friday against sanctions imposed by neighbouring countries on the transitional military government for trying to

Mali’s ousted president Keita dies at 76

YoopyaJan 17, 2022June 19, 20230

Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was ousted by the military in 2020 after a turbulent seven-year rule, has died, officials said on Sunday.

Mapping the contours of Jihadist groups in the Sahel

YoopyaSep 25, 2021June 13, 20230

The Sahel region, an area covering 3 million sq km, has been a hotbed of Islamic Jihadi groups in recent years. Today, the region has

Coup in Mali: Assimi Goïta back in charge

YoopyaMay 25, 2021June 13, 20230

The president and prime minister of Mali were ousted by the officer who led last year’s coup and became vice-president of an interim government. Colonel

Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings

YoopyaMar 19, 2021June 13, 20230

The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he had 21 soldiers killed

Mali soldiers promise elections after coup condemned abroad

YoopyaAug 19, 2020June 14, 20230

Soldiers who ousted Mali’s president and government in a military coup that drew condemnation abroad promised on Wednesday to restore stability and oversee a transition

Mali president resigns after detention by military, deepening crisis

YoopyaAug 19, 2020June 14, 20230

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a

Mali’s separatist war ends at last

YoopyaJun 30, 2015July 1, 20230

Northern Azawad rebels agree to ‘federalism in all but name’ with Bamako, formally ending conflict that erupted in January 2012. The rebels of northern Mali,

U.N. investigates reports of executions, abuses in Mali

YoopyaMay 23, 2015July 2, 20230

The United Nations said on Friday it was investigating reports of serious human rights abuses, including the execution of civilians, in northern Mali following clashes