Mali’s military government has given the head of the UN peacekeeping mission’s human rights division 48 hours to leave the country. In a statement read out on national television, a government spokesman…
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Man allegedly trafficked girlfriend to Mali for prostitution
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons, NAPTIP says it has arrested one Emmanuel Stephen for allegedly trafficking his 21-year-old girlfriend to Mali for prostitution. The agency’s Public Relations…
Breaking: Mali interim president ‘Goita’ attacked
Two armed men, including one who wielded a knife, attacked Mali’s interim president Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the great mosque in the capital Bamako, an AFP journalist saw. The attack took…
ECOWAS leaders suspend Mali until 2022
West African leaders have suspended Mali from the regional body following the recent military coup in the French speaking country. The suspension, according to the regional leaders, takes immediate effect and will…
Mali: ECOWAS to hold emergency summit…Akufo-Addo
The Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) is to call an emergency summit of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of state and government to take decisions on the Mali leadership crisis….
Mali military releases president, prime minister
Mali’s interim president and premier have been released, a military official said Thursday, three days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to be the country’s second…
FG condemns Mali’s interim president, prime minister detention
The Federal Government has condemned the detention of interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of Mali. Both officials who are in the transitional government of Mali were reportedly taken…
Mali set to form new transition govt
Mali’s interim government is set to form a new “broad-based” cabinet, the presidency said on Friday, amid growing criticism of the army-dominated authorities in the Sahel state. Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned…
Mali ex-president Toure dies at 72
AFP Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure, who led the Sahel nation for a decade before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and…
ECOWAS lifts sanction on Mali
By Stella Obi The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted sanctions imposed on Mali.Mali had been suspended from the regional following the military take over of government in August.However,…