Human Rights Watch says Malian soldiers shot five girls in a rice field in July, and that by mid-September it knew of no investigation. Its report also documents drone strikes on a
The Trump administration is weighing military strikes against jihadist groups in Mali after an unprecedented JNIM-Tuareg separatist alliance killed 50 Malian soldiers in an ambush last week, officials told The Washington Post. The deliberations represent a potential return of US
At a Security Council session on Friday, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Diop called for an “immediate withdrawal” of the UN mission, citing its inability to restore security, saying: “It seems that MINUSMA
The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it had imposed sanctions on Wagner’s chief in Mali, saying the group’s employees may try to pass through the African country to obtain
The United States imposed sanctions on the head of the Wagner PMC in Mali on Thursday, accusing a Russian private military company of trying to cover up efforts to acquire military equipment
The report states, based on an investigation conducted by the Human Rights Department of the United Nations Mission in Mali since 2013, that the High Commissioner has “reasonable grounds to believe” that
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has pledged to expand support for the harsh Sahel, Africa’s tropical savannah region south of the Sahara Desert that includes 12 countries, saying the United States is
Due to the sharp rise in food and energy prices in the world since March, in just three months, 71 million people from the poorest countries have fallen into extreme poverty, according
The United Nations criticized, on Wednesday, the refusal of the Malian authorities to the international investigation into “violations” of human rights that took place in the Mora region in the center of
On Wednesday, French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly warned Mali of possible international isolation if it used the Russian “Wagner” group. “If Mali enters into a partnership with Wagner’s mercenaries, it will
Paris threatens to withdraw its forces and units of its European and African allies from Mali. The Central African Republic scenario is repeated in Mali, and Russia seeks to expel France from
The Henley Passport Index, as every year, has published the latest report and ranking of state passports for 2021. 110 countries are covered, and the passport of India is in 85th place.
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