Info or intox – The good understanding between France and Niger fuels misinformation

Published on : 28/03/2023 – 22:08Modified : 28/03/2023 – 22:10 While Mali and Burkina Faso have turned their backs on it, Niger still maintains good relations with France. This good understanding between Paris and Niamey is the subject of disinformation campaigns on social networks. By using decontextualized photos, some accounts accuse, for example, the French … Read more

The UN is concerned about the north of Mali plagued by abuses by armed groups

Published on : 26/01/2023 – 09:25 The United Nations Refugee Agency has found in a report that abuses and threats perpetrated by armed groups in Gao, northern Mali, are causing misery and chaos, forcing people to flee the region. UNHCR is calling for increased support from the international community to take action for those recently … Read more

MINUSMA suspended by Mali: thousands of UN soldiers blocked

Published on : 14/07/2022 – 22:51 Bamako still holds Ivorian soldiers arrested on July 10 and considers them mercenaries. Abidjan denies, saying that they are soldiers in support of the United Nations mission. The Malian government has announced the suspension of all military rotations of MINUSMA in the country, the United Nations mission deployed in … Read more

For the former head of diplomacy Tiéman Coulibaly, “a dictatorial regime is settling in Mali”

Published on : 06/05/2022 – 16:44 In an interview with France 24, Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly, former Malian minister, notably for Foreign Affairs and Defence, affirms that the junta at the head of Mali has “the hidden agenda” to stay in power. He describes the “leady screed” that has fallen on the country, and the threats … Read more

Mali: what future for Operation Barkhane after the end of defense agreements with France?

Published on : 03/05/2022 – 15:49 07:06 The Malian authorities on Tuesday May 3 broke the Status of Forces Agreements setting the legal framework for the presence in Mali of the French Barkhane and European Takuba forces, as well as the defense cooperation treaty concluded in 2014 between Mali and France. . This raises the … Read more

The EU “stops” its military training in Mali but retains its presence in the Sahel

Published on : 12/04/2022 – 07:39 The European Union decided on Monday “to stop” its training and training missions for the army and the national guard in Mali, but will remain in the Sahel and deploy in neighboring countries, announced the head of European diplomacy. Visiting the country, the German Foreign Minister will also decide … Read more

France announces that it has killed Yahia Djouadi, senior al-Qaeda official in Mali

Published on : 07/03/2022 – 13:46 The French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced on Monday the death of Yahia Djouadi, a senior historical executive of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in northern Mali, neutralized during a ground operation by French forces from Barkhane. France claims the targeted assassination of a figure ofAl Qaeda in … Read more