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    3 peacekeepers killed, 6 wounded by attack in northern Mali

    14 Jan 2021

    The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali said the peacekeepers’ vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and the soldiers then came under attack by unidentified gunmen in the Timbuktu region. Ivory Coast’s army chief of staff, Gen. Lassina Doumbia, said the three dead peacekeepers

    At least 100 militants killed in French-Malian offensive

    27 Jan 2021

    It said the campaign lasted from Jan.2 to Jan.20 and targeted areas bordering Burkina Faso, where militant groups with links to Al Qaeda and Daesh control large tracts of the remote desert and regularly carry out raids on the army and civilians.

    UN council visits crisis-hit Sahel amid Franco-US rift

    21 Mar 2019

    The UN Security Council travels to Mali and Burkina Faso this week for an up-close look at the worrisome Sahel region, where an extremist insurgency is showing no signs of weakening and is driving mass displacement.

    Malian government resigns as anger mounts over massacre

    19 Apr 2019

    A statement from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's office said he had accepted Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga's resignation and that of his government two weeks after mass protests erupted over the rising tide of violence.

    In Mali, dreams and sadness for the Sahel express

    26 Nov 2019

    The sign above the station entrance declares that this is the Dakar-Niger Railway: the start of a trek from the arid Sahel to the tropical Atlantic, 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) away.

    24 Mali soldiers and 17 extremists die in clashes in east

    19 Nov 2019

    Twenty-four Malian soldiers and 17 extremists fighters were killed in clashes in the east of the country, the army said, as security in the west African nation deteriorates further.

    Amid quarantine restrictions, Muslims in Mali welcome the holy month of Ramadan gracefully

    05 May 2020

    Despite quarantine restrictions, the pandemic seems to be having only a minimal effect on day-to-day life in this country ravaged by strife and poverty.

    Mali president dissolves constitutional court after unrest

    12 Jul 2020

    The court has been at the centre of controversy for months since it overturned provisional results for a parliamentary poll, triggering protests in several cities.

    Attack on Mali military post kills 53 soldiers

    02 Nov 2019

    Fifty-three soldiers were killed on Friday in a “terrorist attack” on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, the government said. The assault is one of the deadliest strikes against Mali’s military

    UAE leaders congratulate President of Mali on Independence Day

    21 Sep 2019

    President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent a message of congratulations to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali on the occasion of his country's Independence Day, which is marked on 22nd September.

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