Mali’s cabinet has approved a proposal to extend Colonel Assimi Goïta’s leadership for a renewable five-year term, allowing ...

Mali's military junta has started building a gold refinery in partnership with a Russian conglomerate, the Yadran Group. The ...

As mercenaries leave Mali, experts say remaining Kremlin-controlled Africa Corps is more than just ‘Wagner rebranded’.

Nearly 13 million people have been uprooted from their homes in West and Central Africa. The UN Refugee Agency blames ...

Analysis - Mali, a landlocked Sahelian nation of 25 million people, has faced significant instability since 2012, marked by terrorism, state neglect and armed conflicts.

After wrangling with the Malian government over the 2023 mining code, Canadian mining giant Barrick is held in a Catch-22 as ...

A Malian court has adjourned until June 12 a hearing on whether to put the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex, suspended since January due to a dispute between its owner Barrick Mining and Mali's ...

It was not immediately clear how many people died in each attack ... According to the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Mali’s security situation has deteriorated due to the junta ostracizing ...

Barrick Mining has removed its Mali gold complex from its overall output forecast for 2025, four sources told Reuters, adding ...

The law directly contravenes Mali’s obligations under international human rights law, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and African Union Resolution 275, which condemn ...

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