Mali

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Alliance of Sahel States recalls ambassadors as tension with Algeria rises | News
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Alliance of Sahel States recalls ambassadors as tension with Algeria rises | News

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s relations with Algeria have deteriorated amid a series of coups and strengthened Russian ties. Mali, Burkina Faso and...

Iconic Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70 | Music News
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Iconic Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70 | Music News

Bagayoko and his wife, the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, became one of Africa’s best-selling and beloved music industry performers. Grammy-nominated Malian musician...

‘Callous’: Are Malian troops and Russian mercenaries attacking civilians? | Military News
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‘Callous’: Are Malian troops and Russian mercenaries attacking civilians? | Military News

Grainy camera footage showed them lying still in the blistering heat of the desert – six or seven bodies, maybe more. Wet, red...

The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa | Investigation News
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The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa | Investigation News

Eight pallbearers – some wearing tracksuits emblazoned with the FIFA logo – carried a coffin on their shoulders. Alongside them, referee whistles echoed...

Mali’s army says investigating soldiers accused of killing 24 civilians | Armed Groups News
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Mali’s army says investigating soldiers accused of killing 24 civilians | Armed Groups News

The Tuareg independence movement blamed soldiers and Russian mercenaries for the killing of civilians. Mali’s army has launched an investigation into the killing...

Mali filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, ‘father of African cinema’, dies at age 84 | Cinema News
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Mali filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, ‘father of African cinema’, dies at age 84 | Cinema News

Trailblazer of African cinema was the winner of the jury’s prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for his film, Yeelen. Mali’s highly...

Turning the Tide: Mali | Africa’s New Directions | Documentary
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Turning the Tide: Mali | Africa’s New Directions | Documentary

Mali struggles to turn around a security situation that has hampered development and social progress. Mali’s military government is trying to restore security...

Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc | News
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Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc | News

ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. The military governments of Niger, Mali and...

Lakurawa, the new armed group wreaking havoc on the Nigeria-Niger border | Armed Groups News
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Lakurawa, the new armed group wreaking havoc on the Nigeria-Niger border | Armed Groups News

A new armed group called Lakurawa is attacking villages in remote corners of northwestern Nigeria and across the border in Niger, posing new...