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Africa: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger: these 3 West African Countries Signed a mutual defense pact

YoopyaSeptember 18, 2023September 18, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 18, 2023September 18, 20230535

The three West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have signed a security agreement to help each other in the event of aggression,...

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Burkina Faso and Mali warn against military intervention in Niger

YoopyaAugust 1, 2023August 1, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 1, 2023August 1, 20230450

Niger’s neighbors say any intervention to restore President Mohamed Bazoum to office would be considered a ‘declaration of war’ against them. The military governments of...

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Mali drops French as official language after adopting its new constitution

YoopyaJuly 27, 2023July 27, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 27, 2023July 27, 20230567

More than 60 years after Bamako declared independence, Mali abandoned French as its official language. This decision was based on a new constitution passed on...

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Africa: Burkina Faso does not intend to hire Russian fighters like Mali, according to a US diplomat.

YoopyaOctober 27, 2022October 31, 2022

by YoopyaOctober 27, 2022October 31, 20220465

According to US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Burkina Faso’s interim President Ibrahim Traore has assured US diplomats that he has no intention...

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Africa: The Kati military camp attacked by jihadists at the gates of Bamako where living the colonel Assimi Goïta

YoopyaJuly 22, 2022April 5, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 22, 2022April 5, 20230434

This Friday, July 22, 2022, there was an attack on the Kati camp in Mali, a high point in Mali’s political-military history. There can only...

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West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 20230393

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...

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Malians demonstrate against regional sanctions

YoopyaJanuary 17, 2022June 19, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 17, 2022June 19, 20230235

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...

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Mali’s ousted president Keita dies at 76

YoopyaJanuary 17, 2022June 19, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 17, 2022June 19, 20230327

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....

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Mapping the contours of Jihadist groups in the Sahel

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2021June 13, 2023017

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...

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Coup in Mali: Assimi Goïta back in charge

YoopyaMay 25, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaMay 25, 2021June 13, 2023012

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...