Mali
Goita’s Self-Promotion to 5-Star General and Junta Leaders’ Ambition
By Paul Ejime The decision by Assimi Goïta, who led two military coups within nine months in Mali from August 2020, to promote...
Just In: Coup: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso withdraw from ECOWAS over suspension
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The military leaders of...
Nigerian Army busts Ghanaian, truck driver, impounds truck load of smuggled ammunition from Mali in Ogun
The troops of 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, operating in 81 Division area have intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled ammunition from...
Today At the UN: Mali accuses France of supporting terrorism and condemns withdrawal of French troops
Mali’s Acting Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga on Saturday at the UN accused France of providing intelligence and arms to terrorist groups in his speech...
Coup: ECOWAS eases sanctions on Mali, rejects 36-month transition by Guinea’s military junta
By Paul Ejime ECOWAS leaders have lifted the controversial economic and financial sanctions imposed in January on Mali following two military coups...
Just in: West African Court orders suspension of sanctions imposed on Mali
Ahead of the ECOWAS Extraordinary summit in Ghana on Friday, a West African Court has ordered the suspension of some punitive sanctions imposed...
Beleaguered Mali Govt moves to end crippling sanctions as ECOWAS urges more action
By Paul Ejime The beleaguered military-dominated Interim Government in Mali has set up Dialogue Mechanisms towards ending the ECOWAS and...
Just in: Uprising: Burkina Faso President arrested
Soldiers at several army bases across the West African country rebelled on Sunday, demanding the sacking of the military top brass and...
Breaking: Toppled Malian President, 76-year-old Keita, exits
Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was toppled in the August 2020 military coup led by Col Assimi Goita has...
Mali’s military regime calls ECOWAS bluff, rejects sanctions
Barely 12 hours after ECOWAS slammed some sanctions on Mali, the Col Assimi Goita-led interim authority has rejected the sanctions, describing them...
Coup: ECOWAS Tightens Noose on Mali Interim Govt. to Return to Constitutional Order
ECOWAS, the regional bloc, on Sunday announced further sanctions against Mali’s military-dominated interim authority including financial squeeze, border blockage and withdrawal of...
Senegalese President in Abuja, hails Nigeria’s war on terrorism at Lake Chad Basin
President Macky Sall of Senegal has commended Nigeria‘s coordinated war against insurgency and terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin areas. Speaking...
Restore democracy, release detained President, others, Buhari, ECOWAS leaders urge Mali junta
President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders have called for the immediate release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, who was...
Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup
Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...
Security Source : Mali President Keita arrested by mutinying soldiers
Mutineering soldiers say they have detained Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse. “We can tell you that the...
