Support for democracy in Africa falls amid military coups and corruption
Africans still have stronger preference for democratic governance than many other parts of the world Support for democracy is falling in Africa amid a string...
Category : Mali
Ecowas warns of ‘disintegration’ as juntas split from west African bloc
Breakaway union by military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger exposes growing fissures within the region The Ecowas grouping of west African countries has...
IS commander wanted for deaths of US forces in Niger killed in operation
Malian state forces confirm death of Abu Huzeifa, who was believed to have helped carry out 2017 attack A senior Islamic State group commander, wanted...
Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds
Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this month The deadly protracted heatwave that filled hospitals and mortuaries...
Raiders kill at least a dozen worshippers at Burkina Faso church
Atrocity took place during Sunday mass in Essakane village and has been blamed on a jihadi group active in the region At least 15 people...
African writer ruined by row with Graham Greene finally gets chance to shine
Fifty years after being accused of plagiarism, book is reissued in a bid to rehabilitate gifted Malian author Yambo Ouologuem In 1968 the books pages...
France to begin pulling out troops from Niger this week
Paris says it is unable to work with putschists, leaving efforts to counter Islamists in Sahel in disarray France will begin withdrawing troops from Niger...
France’s departure from Niger reflects years of failure in its former colonies
Niger is only the latest of several west African countries to reject France’s long-standing attempts to interfere in the Sahel When the French president, Emmanuel...
‘We need food and shelter’: farmers flee for their lives as terrorists attack villages in Mali
Civilians who have been displaced by raids want to return home but say there is no protection for them there There was no warning. The...
Mali jihadists kill dozens in twin attacks amid growing Islamist threat
Group affiliated with al-Qaida target army base and Timbuktu river boat as violence surges in region Al-Qaida-linked militants have killed at least 64 people in...
