Africa Mali The Swedish ambassador in Bamako was ordered to leave the country within 72 hours after the Swedish minister for development cooperation and international trade stated that the government had decided to phase out aid to Mali
Africa Mali Fuel tankers in Sikasso were set on fire by armed group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin JNIM, affiliated to al-Qaida, videos showed, in what is an escalation of the militants' grip on the country’s by blocking fuel imports from neighboring countries
Africa Mali Return of the legendary Timbuktu manuscripts to their original place has begun, transferred in 2012 under special conditions to Segou, then to Bamako, by librarians, associations and residents to save them from destruction by radical jihadist groups
Africa Mali Dozens of soldiers have been arrested over suspects of plotting to overthrow the junta, which in its turn came to power in Mali in a coup; a Malian security force reports of 'arrests linked to an attempt to destabilise the institutions' in recent days
Africa Mali Endeavour Mining and two other gold producers agreed to transition to Mali’s new mining code, which increases taxes and aims to transfer ownership of mining assets to the state; conflicts with mining companies broke at its implementation in 2023