Mali

After having been released by Islamic extremists in Mali who had held him captive for nearly two years, French journalist Olivier Duboiswas welcomed back in France on Tuesday

The ruling junta has announced it will postpone the constitutional referendum scheduled for 19/03 but will stick to timeline agreed with the ECOWAS to return to civilian rule

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner allegedly committed abuses, as denounced by UN envoy Alioune Tine; people on the ground who testified speak of arbitrary detentions, abuses and thefts

The Director of the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali has been declared 'persona non grata' as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced

In a difficult context of a decade-long conflict, insecurity and sanctions, the 13th African Photography Biennial, one of the longest-running on the continent and the first of its kind, is underway in Bamako until 8 February

The president of the Mali transition, Colonel Assimi Goita, granted a pardon with full remission of sentence to the 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Bamako since 10 July

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has announced an allocation of $7 million to meet the urgent needs of people living in central and northern Mali

Bamako Encounters, the African Biennial of Photography, is underway in the capital, in a context of a major security crisis; 75 artists from Africa and the diaspora have been invited

Mines and improvised explosive devices killed nine Malian soldiers during November in central and southern areas at the mercy of a decade-long jihadist insurgency, the army said on Sunday

Entire Gao region has been brought to a standstill by the civil disobedience launched in recent days by the three main trade unions in order to denounce the growing climate of insecurity and demand that 'necessary measures' be 'taken'