Dakar, Senegal — AFP A Boeing passenger plane came off the runway during takeoff from Dakar international airport, injuring 11 people and shutting the hub for almost 12 hours, its operator said. The Air Senegal flight was bound for the Malian capital Bamako and had 78 passengers onboard, airport management company, LAS, said in a [&helli...
Dakar, Senegal – – AFP The deadly heatwave that hit Africa’s Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave from April 1 until Apri...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least six Nigerien soldiers were killed in a landmine explosion near the border with Mali, Niger’s army has said. An army patrol vehicle “returning from Inates in the western region of Tillaberi hit an improvised explosive device” earlier this week near the village of Tingara, the Defense Ministry sai...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to reconsider their decision to leave it. ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray has said in a statement that the bloc needs to remain more unified than ever. “If there is a time for ECOWAS to stay […]
Bamako, Mali-AFP More than 70 people have been killed after a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, local sources told AFP Wednesday, the latest disaster in a region prone to mining accidents. Mali, which is among the world’s poorest countries, is one of Africa’s leading gold producers. Gold mining sites are [&he...
Bamako, Mali – AFP The UN mission in Mali ended a decade of deployment in the crisis-wracked country on Sunday, meeting a December 31 deadline agreed after Mali’s military leaders ordered it to leave. The UN stabilisation mission (MINUSMA) had been in place since 2013, and its withdrawal is igniting fears that fighting will intensi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 3,300 peacekeeping personnel serving in Mali have left the country as part of a gradual UN withdrawal plan, according to a statement Wednesday. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said 116 Senegalese peacekeepers were repatriated from Mopti Camp on Sept. 20. &...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The military junta in Mali has said that presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 for a return to civilian power will be postponed. The two rounds, set for February 4 and 18, 2024, “will be slightly postponed for technical reasons” including financial difficulties for review of voter lists, g...
Timbuktu, Mali – – AFP When radical elements in Mali announced they would blockade the ancient city of Timbuktu, residents thought it was just another intimidation tactic. However, a month and a half later, the tens of thousands of inhabitants remain almost completely cut off from the world. Half a dozen witnesses have described to...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Five Malian soldiers were killed and 20 others wounded in clashes with rebels in the north, the military said on Tuesday. The clashes between the Malian armed forces and northern Tuareg rebels broke out Sunday in the town of Lere, in Timbuktu region near the Mauritanian border. According to initial reports […...
