وقع هجومان منفصلان استهدفا رئيسيّ أفغانستان الواقعة في قلب آسيا، ومالي في غرب أفريقيا، أحدهما صاروخي والآخر بسلاح أبيض، خلال صلاة عيد الأضحى التي يؤديها المسلمون حول العالم، الثلاثاء، وسط إجراءات احترازية في ظل جائحة فيروس كورونا المُستمرة منذ أكثر (...)
Mali's former coup leader Assimi Goita took control of the West African country again Tuesday after firing the president and prime minister of the transitional government, a move France decried as a coup d'etat.
While Goita pledged to go ahead with (...)
قالت السفارة الأمريكية في مالي إنها تلقت تقارير "عن زيادة النشاط العسكري في باماكو".
ودعت مواطني الولايات المتحدة إلى تجنب السفر غير الضروري داخل المدينة في هذا الوقت، ومراقبة وسائل الإعلام المحلية للحصول على التحديثات.
وذلك بعدما قال رئيس وزراء (...)
Malis's presidency has confirmed that prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse and French aid worker Sophie Petronin are aboard a flight to the capital Bamako after being freed by al-Qaida-linked militants.
The flight took off just before 7 p.m. (...)
West African leaders may lift painful economic sanctions against Mali once an interim president is inaugurated on Friday in the wake of the Aug. 18 military coup, the bloc's envoy said, praising the junta's leadership.
The comments suggest the (...)
Corruption, protests against the results of the legislative elections in March, the stalled 2015 peace agreement with the Azawadi Liberation Movement in the north, the mounting terrorist threat, tribal disputes and economic straits are said to be (...)
After seizing power to widespread acclaim last month, Mali's junta has faced a reality check ahead of weekend talks about a transition back to civilian rule, stung by sharp criticism from some political leaders and teachers' unions.
Cheering crowds (...)
France's foreign minister said on Thursday that the transition in Mali needs to be quick, but that the coup d'etat in the country would not stop French military operations targeting Islamist militants.
The leaders of the military coup that ousted (...)
The European Union has suspended training in Mali after the military coup this month that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power, officials said on Wednesday, while Germany acknowledged that some perpetrators had been trained in (...)
West African leaders visiting Mali pressed Sunday for the release of ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita amid mounting speculation that he could be flown out of the country after thousands showed support for the military coup that toppled (...)
The United States said on Friday it had suspended cooperation with Mali's military in response to the overthrow of the president, as thousands gathered in the capital to celebrate the junta's takeover.
The ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (...)
Mali's military junta has released two senior government officials detained during the coup against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, an ally of Keita said, as U.N. human rights officials met overnight with the ousted leader.
There has been no word (...)
West African countries will send a delegation to Mali in an effort to reverse a military coup, presidents from the region said, as an opposition coalition there joined the junta in rejecting foreign interference.
Leaders of the 15-nation Economic (...)
A colonel in Mali's army says he's now in charge of the West African country, declaring himself chairman of the junta that forced the democratically elected but unpopular president to resign.
Col. Assimi Goita, one of the five military officers who (...)
Egypt is closely following with deep concern rapid political developments occurring in Mali, especially “the dangerous juncture into which the political crisis in the country has descended,” the Egyptian foreign ministry said Thursday.
“Egypt (...)
Gold mining companies in Mali said they were operating as usual, while monitoring a deepening political crisis that hit their share prices on Wednesday.
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after (...)
Gunfire was heard on Tuesday at an army base outside Mail's capital Bamako as the Norwegian Embassy and a security source said a possible military mutiny was under way. Local residents and security sources said there was gunfire at the army base in (...)
Mutineering soldiers rounded up a number of senior civilians and military officials from Mali's capital on Tuesday and drove them back to their base, a Malian security source and an official in the prime minister's office said.
Unconfirmed rumours (...)
A delegation of at least three West African leaders will head to Mali this week to try to end a political crisis that has sparked widespread protests, cost at least 11 lives and led to calls for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to step down.
A (...)
Mali's prime minister has apologised for "excesses" by security forces who opened fire last week on anti-government protesters, but rejected opposition demands that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign.
Last Friday, the latest in a series of mass (...)
The United Nations and the European Union have condemned the Malian government's use of lethal force during protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, and urged it to release detained opposition leaders.
On Friday the latest (...)
Mali's opposition on Sunday rejected concessions by President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita aimed at resolving an escalating political crisis that has sparked deadly protests, saying it would be satisfied only if he resigns.
Keita announced in a speech (...)
Death toll of the two-day violent protests in the capital of Mali' Bamako has increased to three, and at least 74 others were injured, local hospital authorities told Xinhua on Saturday afternoon.
There was also significant material damage, (...)
Police in Mali fired tear gas and several rounds of gunfire as they tried to force protesters out of state TV ORTM's building in the capital Bamako on Friday, according to a Reuters witness.
Hundreds of protesters demanding the resignation of (...)
Choosing Cairo as the Capital of Islamic Culture in 2020 reflects Egypt's position in the heart of the Islamic world as a crossroad of cultures in different ages, Minister of Culture Inas Abdel-Dayem said on Monday night.
In December, the Islamic (...)