An Australian mining company, Resolute Mining, says it will pay Mali's military government $160m (£126m) to settle a tax dispute, after the company's British boss and two other staff were unexpectedly detained 10 days ago.
Reports say Terry Holohan (...)
Mali declared a national disaster on Friday due to the devastating floods caused by torrential rains, following an extraordinary Cabinet meeting chaired by Col. Assimi Goita, the president of the transition government.
Since the beginning of the (...)
A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously.
The incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301 was taking off for the Malian capital Bamako in the early hours of Thursday, (...)
A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.
Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.
Researchers say (...)
An elderly Italian couple and their son, who were kidnapped by extremists in Mali in May 2022, have been released, Italy's government has said.
The three were in good health, and due to return to Rome, it added.
The family were Jehovah's Witnesses (...)
Fierce fighting has broken out in northern Mali with Tuareg rebels saying they have taken control of the town of Bamba from the army.
It comes after the separatist fighters said they had killed more than 80 soldiers in the center of the country.
The (...)
The outcome of Friday's UN Security Council vote on the future of the peacekeeping force in Mali was never in doubt -- they had little choice but to terminate what has been the most deadly of all such UN operations around the world.
Over its more (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance held an Iftar banquet in the Republic of Mali during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Kingdom's embassy in the Malian capital Bamako.
The Iftar was held as part of the Custodian of the (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) concluded yesterday the voluntary medical program for open-heart surgery and catheterization for children in Bamako, the Republic of Mali, in cooperation with the Muslim World League.
During (...)
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) inaugurated the voluntary medical program for open-heart surgery and catheterization for children in Bamako, Mali, in cooperation with the Muslim World League.
The volunteer medical team (...)
UN troop rotations in the peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resumed on Monday with a new approval mechanism one month after they were suspended by the ruling junta, which accused 49 Ivorian soldiers of entering the country without (...)
The last battalion of France's operation Barkhane left Mali nine years after its deployment, the general staff of the French army said in a statement on Monday.
The battalion existed through the Malian-Nigerien borders, the statement said, noting (...)
Algeria expressed extreme concern about terror attacks currently taking place in the Malian capital of Bamako, confirming its strong rejection of all kinds of terror.
In a statement, the foreign ministry of Algeria said that the developments in Mali (...)
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted "Kati" military base today near Bamako, the capital of the Republic of Mali.
The Organization also condemned the (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday echoed strong condemnation from the Security Council and elsewhere, of the killing of two more UN peacekeepers in northern Mali.
The blue helmets — who were serving with the UN Stabilization Mission (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned a deadly attack on Wednesday against a UN Peacekeeping logistics convoy near the town of Kidal in northern Mali.
For roughly an hour, the convoy came under direct fire from suspected (...)
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, represented by the Islamic Advisor Office at the country's embassy in Amman, inaugurated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' gift project for distributing dates in Jordan during the (...)
The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, represented by the Islamic Advisor Office at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Embassy in Jordan, inaugurated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' gift project for distributing dates during the (...)
A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called for a full and independent investigation into alleged mass crimes committed in central Mali's Mopti region late last month, and pleaded with all parties to ensure the "absolute protection" of civilians (...)
Mali's former prime minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, who has been on trial for corruption charges, has died aged 67.
Maïga died on Monday at a hospital in the capital, Bamako, his family said.
His family had previously said he was detained under (...)
A convoy from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) hit an improvised explosive device north of Mopti on Monday, killing at least two 'blue helmets', from Egypt, and wounding four others.
In a statement, MINUSMA said the peacekeepers were (...)
Transitional President of the Republic of Mali Colonel Assimi Goita today received Advisor at Saudi Royal Court Ahmad Qattan.
During the meeting, Qattan conveyed the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (...)
Mali's military leaders are expelling the French ambassador over what they called "outrageous" comments made by the French foreign minister about the transitional government.
France said it was recalling Joel Meyer, who was given 72 hours to (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) signed yesterday an executive program with a civil society organization to support and sponsor orphans in Bamako, Koulikoro, Segou, Gao, and Sikasso in Mali, benefiting 1,317 individuals.
The (...)
A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country, El-Ghassim Wane, told the Security Council on (...)
