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Bamako "protested strongly" on Saturday, July 10, against critical comments against Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum's coup-led military, saying they were "against friendship and brotherhood" between the two countries. The Nigerian head of state on Friday criticized in Paris the tendency of the colonel in Mali to take power…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France will close all military bases in the Sahel region in 2022 as part of its reconfiguration of the country's military involvement in Africa. Macron announced the military shutdown, including the reduction of troops and the closure of bases during a press conference with Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum at the end of the G5 Sahel summit in Paris. The transition is necessary at the end of France's operation Barkhane in the Sahel, which Macron announced last month.…

In Mali, Prime Minister Choguel Maïga officially confirmed on Thursday, July 8, his plan to set up a single electoral body with a view to the future presidential election, which will end the transition period next February. But this project raises many questions about its implementation. In a guidance note commissioned by Choguel Maïga, several experts gave their recommendations.…

We know more about the reorganization of the French military system in the Sahel. The G5 countries - Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad - met on Friday, July 9, via video conference. French President Emmanuel Macron attended the second sequence of this summit. One month after announcing the gradual end of Operation Barkhane, he presented the outlines of the new French military system in the…

It was the first meeting on Thursday in Bamako, between Malia's Prime Minister Choguel Maïga and Malia's entire political class. The main topic of discussion was the conditions for holding credible elections next year, in principle presidential and legislative elections, at the end of February 2022. The Prime Minister announces the establishment of a single body to organize the elections. .…

A G5 Sahel summit will take place on Friday, July 9, through video conferencing, the first since the announcement of the gradual end of Operation Barkhane. Emmanuel Macron will attend the meeting. He should take the opportunity to clarify the contours of this decoupling. The French president will attend this Elysee summit. But he will not be alone, he will have Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerian president,…

In Mali, we still have no news from Father Léon Dougnon, who was abducted on June 21 in the Mopti region. He and four other Christians were abducted on the way to Bandiagara. After mediation between community leaders in the area and the kidnappers, the four faithful who followed him were released quickly, but not Father Léon.…

Malaya Justice issued an international arrest warrant on Monday, July 5, against Karim Keïta, a former deputy and son of ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. He is wanted as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Malian journalist Birama Touré just over five years ago. For five years, the investigations had really not progressed. The case has accelerated in particular thanks to judicial…

The information was confirmed for RFI, the next G5 Sahel summit will take place on Friday, July 9 via video conference. Emmanuel Macron will attend the meeting. He will have Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum by his side, who has been invited to the Élysée Palace. The French president should use this summit to specify the future French involvement in the region, one month after the announcement of the…

The son of ex-president IBK has been on the run abroad since the coup that overthrew his father in August last year. Before that, Karim Keïta, a former deputy, had already been quoted in the Birama Touré affair, this Malian journalist who had been missing since January 2016. According to the newspaper for which he worked, Le Sphinx, Karim Keïta was involved in this disappearance. On Monday, Malia's…