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Mali’s coup leaders meet mediators seeking return to civilian rule
A key meeting on Saturday between Mali's coup leaders and mediators from West Africa's regional bloc seeking a return to civilian rule…
UN joins global condemnation of military takeover in Mali
The United Nations has joined global condemnation of the military takeover in Mali, which saw President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta forced to resign.…
Mali soldiers promise civilian transition after president’s ouster
Soldiers who staged a military coup in Mali leading to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government said on…
Mali’s President Keita resigns after military mutiny
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned and dissolved parliament, hours after mutinying soldiers detained him and top officials from his government.…
President and PM detained after Mali coup
UPDATE : 2000h A leader of the mutiny said both Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse had been…
French forces kill Al-Qaeda chief in north Africa
French forces have killed al Qaeda's North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel in northern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday.…
French soldier killed in Mali by roadside bomb
A French soldier was killed in Mali on Saturday after his armoured vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, France's presidency said…
‘Terrorist attack’ on northern Mali military post kills more than 50 soldiers
Fifty-three soldiers were killed Friday in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, the government…
UN warns of spike in grave violations against children in Mali as ‘the new normal
Voicing great concern over a sharp increase in the killing and maiming of children in Mali due to ongoing fighting and instability,…
UK to send 250 troops to Mali for peacekeeping mission
The UK is to send 250 troops to Mali in the biggest peace-keeping deployment since Bosnia and potentially the most dangerous mission…
24 children among those massacred in weekend attack in Mali
Boubou Cisse , the prime minister of Mali said that from the bodies recovered of a massacre of scores of people by…