Reporting by iNewsAfrica Bureau, Abuja Mali’s transitional government has adopted a bill extending junta leader Assimi Goïta’s rule by five years, drawing criticism from pro-democracy groups and raising fears of prolonged military dominance. Mali’s Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to extend junta leader Gen. Assimi Goïta’s rule by ...

iNewsAfrica | Caribbean Bureau | May 30, 2025 Authorities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are probing the mysterious arrival of a vessel carrying 11 decomposed bodies, believed to be West African migrants. The boat, discovered near Canouan Island, contained several Malian passports, raising concerns over deadly transatlantic migration routes. ...

Bamako, Mali | May 15, 2025 — In a dramatic escalation of authoritarian rule, Mali’s military government has officially dissolved all political parties and banned their activities, plunging the nation deeper into political uncertainty and drawing global condemnation. The announcement was made on state television by Minister Mamani Nassire, citing ...

|Published 1:45 PM ET, Thursday April 03, 2025| ​On April 3, 2025, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger convened in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to enhance military and security cooperation between their nations and Russia. This meeting marks the inaugural session of the Alliance ...

Malian army commandos ride in a convoy on a road outside Gao, Mali (AP Photo File) |Published 11:00 PM ET, Monday February 24, 2025| BAMAKO: Mali’s military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers “coldly executed” at least 24 civilians in the north of the country on Monday. These ...

Published 4:30 PM ET, Sunday November 24, 2024 According to SITE Intelligence Group, seven Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group were killed in central Mali on Thursday, in an attack claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM). The attack took place in a region heavily affected by the ...

Heads of state of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali at the First Summit of the Alliance of Sahel States Published 11:55 AM ET, Friday November 22, 2024 Niamey: Ahead of the “Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel” in Niamey, iNewsAfrica shares stories of Niger’s tenacity and resistance, ...

The head of the Malian junta, Assimi Goita. Published 10:40 AM ET, Thursday November 21, 2024 Bamako: Mali’s junta dismissed civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and the cabinet, just days after Maiga voiced a rare criticism of the military rulers. “The duties of the prime minister and the members ...

Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, attends an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo, File) Published 6:05 PM ET, Monday November 11, 2024 Bamako: The CEO and two executives of Australian gold mine Resolute in Mali have been arrested while in Bamako to discuss ...

SPONSORED September 17, 2024 | 11:43 AM ET | The Malian military government has reported that it thwarted a “terrorist” attack in the capital, adding the situation is “under control”. The army said on Tuesday that it was conducting a security sweep after fighting off gunmen who attacked a military ...