Africa Mali The 65th Conference of the West African Order of Surgeons took place in Bamako with 1.500 participants attending training courses, a free surgery campaign and scientific conferences
Africa Mali A gold mine has collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more; this is the second major accident this year in the country that is one of Africa's top three gold producers
Africa Mali Mali will integrate its mineral resources into the national strategy for the country's overall quest for stability, said Mines Minister Amadou Keita
Africa Mali Mali, with Niger and Burkina Faso, will lose its membership status in the Economic Community of West African States on 29 January, following withdrawal from ECOWAS after refusing the bloc's demand to restore democratic rule.
Africa Mali Human Rights Watch report about the abuses against civilians committed across Mali in 2024 says civilians are increasingly the target of attacks by all parties to the conflict, with an increase of casualties, fatalities, displacements, loss of livelihoods
Africa Mali The High Communications Authority has revised its initial decision to permanently close down the Joliba TV channel and, after intense negotiations and an appeal by the broadcaster, the HAC has decreed a six-month suspension
Africa Mali ‘The African man arrived in the Americas as a slave or as a king?’: with this question closes the trailer of docufilm African glory, presented in Bamako, which tells the story of Emperor Aboubacar II, who, before Columbus, sailed across the Atlantic
Africa Mali Mali , one of Africa's top gold producers, won a gold mining dispute against Australian Resolute Mining; the company will pay Mali's government $160m to settle a tax dispute, after the company's British head and two other staff were detained
Africa Mali Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and his entire government were dismissed by the ruling military junta a few days after Maiga had publicly criticised the junta's military leadership, calling for an end to the transition of power
Africa Mali The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali will leave the African country completely and definitively on 15 November
Africa Mali Return to school for the 2024-2025 school year took place yesterday, a month later than normal due to the severe floods that hit the country and the state of natural disaster; one week ago, 175 schools were still occupied by hundreds of families
Africa Mali Several thousand Malian Tuaregs, including women and children, refugees across the border in Algeria, were expelled after an ultimatum from the Algerian authorities who reportedly suspected various trafficking, in particular that of arms
Africa Mali The ban on the import, marketing and use of Starlink devices for high-speed satellite Internet access has been temporarily lifted by the government