Africa Mali The ruling military junta in Mali and the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom signed three cooperation agreements and discussed projects, including a Russian-designed low-power nuclear power plant
Africa Mali Adama Diarra, Permanent Secretary against the Proliferation of Small Arms in Mali, pointed out that the continuous influx of weapons from Libya since 2011 has exacerbated armed conflicts in the country and increased regional and national tensions
Africa Mali Mali's goal is to promptly increase its military capabilities with the assistance of Russia and the countries are discussing the military equipment procurement programme
Africa Mali A coalition of Malian political parties and associations known as the Action Synergy for Mali has called for a protest against the high cost of living and ongoing electricity cuts, which plague the Sahelian country and its economy
Africa Mali Economist Etienne Fakaba Sissoko has been sentenced by a Malian court to two years in prison, suspended for one year, on charges of damaging the reputation of the state for criticising the military junta in his book
Africa Mali A longer transition and a military presidential candidacy to arrive at the longed-for elections are among the almost 300 recommendations contained in the final document resulting from the Inter-Malian Dialogue
Africa Mali The main Touareg separatist groups confronting government forces in northern Mali announced the formation of a new coalition, called the Permanent Strategic Framework for the Defence of the Azawad People, chaired by Bilal Ag Acherif
Africa Mali Bank of Africa of Mali will distribute dividends to its shareholders for the first time since 2020, thank to the repairing of its financial ratios
Africa Mali Over 100 people are considered to have died precisely as a result of the extreme heat wave that has hit the country in recent days
Africa Mali The country holds the African heat record this April: earlier this month in Kayes, western Mali, 48,5 degrees were reached
Africa Mali Malian President Assimi Goita received the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for GNU Political Affairs, Mohamed Issa, who is leading the Libyan delegation to the meeting of the Alliance of African States held in Bamako
Africa Mali Mali's junta has disbanded the nation's main student organization, the Mali Student Association, accusing it of disrupting classes and provoking clashes and killings
Africa Mali The Economic Community of West African States recorded over 3.500 terrorist attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger in 2023, resulting in almost 7.000 deaths