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, by MARTIAL Paul
Unsurprisingly, the proposals of the inter-Malian dialogue go in the direction of the junta, except that demands for peace are emerging, reflecting the will of the people to put an end to the war.
A few days after the end of the official transition, which was due to take place on 26 March (…)
, by MARTIAL Paul
While the coup plotters in no way represent an alternative for Niger, the economic sanctions and threats of military intervention by ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), backed by Macron, are a real danger for the population.
General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the (…)
, by MARTIAL Paul
Despite the many shortcomings of the Minusma, its departure, demanded by the Malian junta, risks worsening the situation of the civilian population and reflects a headlong rush by the putschists.
Crédit Photo. Wikimedia Commons
It was well known that relations between the Malian authorities (…)
, by BURKE Jason
Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians
First came a single helicopter, flying low over the marshes around the river outside the village, then the rattle of automatic fire scattered the crowds gathered for the weekly market. (…)
, by ROLL Nick
Malians are fleeing to nearby Mauritania to escape from bandits, fighters, the army and now Russian operatives.
M’bera, Mauritania – Finally, the day came when Ag could not handle it any more.
He and his neighbours in the rural hinterlands of Timbuktu region in northern Mali had heard the (…)
, by BURKE Jason
Analysis: Wagner Group ‘like a bull in a china shop’ in unstable parts of Africa, say experts
Western officials told the Guardian earlier this year that the Wagner mercenary group was the “thin end of the wedge” and a “Trojan horse” for a Russian effort to extend its influence covertly in (…)
, by CADTM-Africa
After their high level meeting held in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday 9 January 2022, the Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) hardened the tone against Mali. However, for the Malian government, as well as for many observers in the ECOWAS region, these sanctions are (…)
, by COULIBALY Chéibane
The country desperately lacks a social consensus regarding its future
The current situation in Mali is characterized by a certain degree of confusion. In June 2020, the Mouvement du 5 Juin-Rassemblement des Forces Patriotiques (M5-RFP) began demonstrating for an end to the reign of President (…)
, by MARTIAL Paul
In Mali, the seizure of power by the military on 18 August, 2020 opens a new page in a country which is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. The situation continues to deteriorate seriously.
The proportion of the population living below the poverty line reached 41.1% in 2019 and could (…)
, by ANNIS Roger
Introduction by Roger Annis, Jan. 11, 2014
Last August, Mali held its first election since the military coup of March 2012 that overthrew its elected government.
The coup was followed by an invasion by France, in January 2013. Hundreds were killed in northern Mali by the foreign invaders and (…)
, by BATOU Jean
In mid-January of this year France invaded Mali, a former French colony that sits in the middle of what was once the enormous French empire in Africa that stretched from Algeria to the Congo and from the Ivory Coast to the Sudan. The French government argued that its invasion of its former (…)
, by ANNIS Roger
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sketched the outline of the UN military occupation force that will take effective control of the country of Mali in the coming weeks in a presentation to the UN Security Council on March 26. See the two news reports below. In a significant departure from the (…)
, by ANNIS Roger
Vancouver BC Feb. 27, 2013
Hello Toronto Star editor,
Olivia Ward writes in her column today :
“Civilians have suffered most in the conflict in which more than 430,000 people have been displaced, and more than 170,000 have fled to equally poor neighbouring countries. It’s the second of two (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Articles on the French-lead military intervention in Mali are often not classified in this section (“Mali”), but in others. They are listed below. To get to them, click on the title...
Many more articles are on the French page of our website: Articles sur l’intervention française au Mali (…)
, by GEORGIEVA Kristalina, Human Rights Watch (HRW), IRVINE Eve
Timbuktu: Revenge in the shadows in northern Mali
France 24, Feb. 22, 2013
The fabled city of Timbuktu, in north-western Mali, was occupied by armed Islamist groups for almost a year. At the end of January, French and Malian soldiers retook control of the city. Since then, its people have (…)
, by BLAIR David
In the heart of Timbuktu’s once bustling market, shop after shop stands empty and abandoned. Since French troops expelled al-Qaeda from this ancient city in northern Mali, almost every business owned by an Arab has been stormed and looted.
Just as Europe’s liberation from the Nazis was (…)
, by WARD Olivia
Reports of abuses by Islamists in northern Mali were widespread. But two human rights groups say the army also committed executions and rights violations.
More than a dozen civilians rounded up and executed. Bullet-riddled bodies dumped into a well. Reports of abuses by the violent Islamists (…)
The Malian army has committed serious human rights breaches plus violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) during the ongoing conflict against armed groups in the country, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, according to evidence gathered by Amnesty International during a (…)
, by ANNIS Roger, CHASE Steven, CLARK Cambell, FRANCE 24, HARDING Luke, WATT Nicholas
Also, below, ‘special forces’ from U.S., Britain, Canada pouring into Mali and neighbouring countries
January 29, 2013–The enclosed report from the FRANCE 24 news network provides what is undoubtedly only a glimpse of the human rights violations that the French/Mali army invasion has (…)
, by FIDH
FIDH is very alarmed by the increasing number of summary executions and other human rights violations committed by Malian soldiers in the context of the counter-attack led by the French and Malian armies against the Jihadists, and calls for the immediate establishment of an independent (…)
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