Malian

Members of Mali's security forces have cast their ballots during early voting ahead of the new constitution referendum.  The referendum slated for June 18 is a major milestone on the road to elections promised for February 2024. On…

Six Malian soldiers were killed and nine wounded earlier this week in an ambush on a Malian army detachment near Bamako in the west of the country, from police sources and a local elected official. The soldiers were ambushed in this area…

The chief of staff of Colonel Assimi Goïta, president of Mali's military-dominated transition, was among four people killed in an attack on Tuesday near the Mauritanian border, said a note from the presidency. According to the document,…

At least 13 civilians have been killed in an attack blamed on militants against their village in central Mali, officials said. The attack on Kani-Bonzon was not far from the border with northern Burkina Faso where at least 70 soldiers…

Malian ruling junta says that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission there, giving him 48 hours to leave the country. The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the…

Mali marked its new "National Day of Patriotic Sovereignty" on Saturday, introduced by military leader Colonel Assimi Goïta. The event is intended to be a founding act of popular resistance to external pressure. Malians earlier…

A court in Mali has sentenced 46 Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor said. Three women soldiers among the original group detained in July,…

Mali's opposition leader Colonel Assimi Goita has received a draft of a new constitution, a key part of the military's bid to retain power in the crisis-hit country until 2024. The text of the "preliminary draft constitution" has not…

The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), one of the main armed groups operating in northern Mali, has reaffirmed its commitment to a merger of the armed groups of ex-rebels who signed a peace agreement with Bamako in 2015.…

Victims of a litany crimes committed since Mali’s independence up to the now-troubled years of jihadi insurgency, shared their testimony during the latest Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission hearing, an important step according to…