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Mali Postpones February Polls

Web News 26 September 2023 286 0

The military junta in Mali says it will postpone the presidential election that had been scheduled for February A government spokesman, Col Abdoulaye Maiga, said a new date would be announced and that parliamentary polls would be held separately. He said the delay was due to “technical Continue Reading

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Mali’s New Constitution Peaks Assimi Goïta, Armed Forces’ Powers

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The military government in Mali has adopted a new constitution that enhances the powers of the president and the armed forces. It also creates a senate and demotes French from an official to a working language. Mali has been ruled by a junta since 2020. The opposition movement has denounced the reforms, which the electoral […]Continue Reading

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Counting of Votes On-going in Mali

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Votes are being counted in Mali, following a referendum on a new constitution that maps out the process of returning the country to democratic civilian rule. The military leaders who seized power in 2021 have said they will hand over to an elected government next year. The revised constitution includes a new second parliamentary chamber […]Continue Reading

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Mali Calls for Speedy Exit of UN Peacekeeping Force

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Mali’s foreign minister has called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping force from his country “without delay”. Abdoulaye Diop accused the force, Minusma, of having “become a part of the problem in fuelling intercommunal tensions”. He was addressing the UN Security Council. Minusma has more than 13,000 troops. Its decade-old mission has Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Nigerian Biker Riding from London to Lagos Enters Mali

Web News 9 May 2022 1322 0

It appears clearly that Kunle Adeyanju, the courageous Nigerian biker who is riding from London to Lagos is gradually but steadily getting home. He has crossed from Senegal to Mali from where he shared a photo standing close to a signpost that proved his presence in the West African country. After taking a long rest […]Continue Reading

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First Surviving Nonuplets Marks First Birthday

Web News 5 May 2022 496 0

The world’s only nonuplets – nine babies born at the same time – are “in perfect health” as they celebrate their first birthday, their father has told the BBC. “They are all crawling now. Some are sitting up and can even walk if they hold on to something,” said Abdelkader Arby, an officer in the […]Continue Reading

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Mali is Preventing Access to Killings Site – UN

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The UN has expressed concern that Malian authorities have denied its human rights investigators access to a village where hundreds of people were killed. “We are extremely concerned that Malian authorities have still not granted UN human rights investigators access”, a statement by the UN Human Rights Office said. It says “time is of essence […]Continue Reading

Foreign Politics

ECOWAS Suspends Mali Over Coup

Web News 31 May 2021 595 0

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday suspended Mali’s membership in response to last week’s coup and urged authorities to adhere to a timetable for a return to democracy. This was the decision after the Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States held an emergency summit in Ghana, the capital of Accra […]Continue Reading

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Malian Woman Gives Birth to Nine Babies

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A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies – two more than doctors had detected during scans. Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. Mali’s government flew her there for specialist care. “I’m very happy,” her husband told the BBC. “My wife and the babies [five girls and four boys] are […]Continue Reading

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Mali Coup: West African Leaders Demand Keita’s Reinstatement

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West African leaders have called for the ousted President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, to be reinstated. The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) said it would send envoys to ensure the return of constitutional order. This comes after the UN’s Security Council called for the immediate release of all government officials. The leaders of […]Continue Reading

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Soldiers seize Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

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Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for “brotherly dialogue”. The apparent coup attempt in the West African nation began with gunfire at a key military camp near the capital, Bamako, on Continue Reading

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NAPTIP Secures Conviction of Man for Attempted Trafficking

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has secured the conviction of one Mr Samuel Ofor, who was put behind bars for his role in the attempted trafficking of 19-year-old Cynthia Ode, to Mali. The accused was arrested at the Seme border in June 2017, after successfully procuring travel documents for […]Continue Reading

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Mali’s President Keïta Dissolves Constitutional Court amid Unrest

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Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm unrest that saw four people killed in street protests on Friday. The president said he would not tolerate such violence. The court has been at the centre of controversy after it overturned provisional results for parliamentary elections […]Continue Reading

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Mali Protesters Occupy National Broadcaster

Web News 11 July 2020 563 0

Protesters in Mali have forced the state broadcaster off air during large demonstrations in the capital Bamako. Police have fired shots and used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators – some of whom were trying to break into the national assembly. This is the third rally in a month demanding that President Ibrahim Boubakar Keita […]Continue Reading