The inhabitants of Timbuktu, northern Mali, have managed to organise a government-sponsored music festival, Vivre ensemble, despite the fact that the city has been surrounded by jihadists since August

BBC has collected interviews on how Russian mercenaries fighting jihadists in Mali carried out cold-blooded murders in front of testimonies, threatening them; tactics and methods in use are widely condemned by human rights groups

In the frame of the fuel crisis, PM will meet tomorrow 6 November the syndicates of drivers for an open dialogue with the operators of the transport route, whose role is considered «highly patriotic» for delivering essential items to taxpayers

A blockade on fuel imports to the city of Bamako, declared in early September by a militant group affiliated with al-Qaida, is beginning to affect everyday life and starts to impact on the economy

After a fuel shortage paralyzed Bamako last week, authorities reassured the population and made a full assessment of available reserves in Bamako's major depots (OMAP, Sanké, Staroil), stocks at service stations and tanker trucks along supply corridors