Tag: Mali

With military coups dismantling constitutional rule in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, and neighbouring civilian regimes in Côte d’Ivoire and Togo manipulating legal systems to entrench incumbents, the threat to ...

Dr. Festus Aubyn, a regional security and governance expert, has described President John Dramani Mahama’s diplomatic overtures to the Sahel states as critical to ECOWAS' ongoing efforts to reunify the ...

Ghana is poised to host the official launch of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).  This landmark event, to be held in Accra, ...

The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has wrapped up his visit to the Sahel region with a final stop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.  The tour, which also included visits ...

Mali’s armed forces, bolstered by Russian Wagner mercenaries, have been accused of committing severe abuses against civilians following the withdrawal of a United Nations peacekeeping mission last year, according to ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, a leader of the al-Qaida-linked Ansar Dine group, to 10 years in prison for ...

Extremists launched an assault on a military training facility in the Malian capital, Bamako, the country's army confirmed. Explosions echoed through the outskirts of the city as militants attempted to ...

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Wednesday, August 7 accused Ukraine of opening a "second front" in Africa after Mali and Niger broke off diplomatic relations with Kyiv. "Unable to defeat ...

One year ago, Niger’s state television broadcasted a striking announcement: a group of military officers had overthrown the West African nation's elected government, citing security and economic crises as their ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, June 26, found Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.  The verdict brings ...