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Coups in Africa: how democratic failings help shape military takeovers – study
By Ernest Harsch , Researcher, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University Mali , Burkina Faso , Niger , Guinea and Gabon have all suffered regime change in the last five…
Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso quit ECOWAS bloc
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three West African states led by the military, said they are immediately leaving the Economic Community of…
UN retreat from Mali in disarray as violence surges
By Edward Mcallister, David Lewis and Michelle Nichols DAKAR (Reuters) - Before United Nations peacekeepers hurriedly abandoned their base in Kidal in…
Niger coup: List of recent military takeovers in West and Central Africa
By Bate Felix DAKAR, (Reuters) - Niger's removal of President Mohamed Bazoum in a military coup marks the ninth coup or attempted…
Britain investigates after Mali gets defence emails meant for Pentagon
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - UK authorities said on Friday they were investigating defence ministry emails that were mistakenly sent to the…
Mali asks United Nations to withdraw peacekeeping force
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mali's interim military authorities asked for a United Nations peacekeeping force to leave "without delay",…
US says Russia’s Wagner Group seeking to transit military equipment through Mali
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said Russia's Wagner Group is trying to obscure its efforts to acquire military equipment for…
Search underway in Mali for three kidnapped Italians
DAKAR, (Reuters) - Armed men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said, as violence spreads…
Malian, foreign soldiers allegedly killed hundreds in town siege
Malian troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in a central…
Mali to suspend French broadcasters France 24 and RFI
PARIS/DAKAR March 17 (Reuters) - Mali's ruling military junta will suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24,…