Mali

Nigerian General Oumarou Namata, commander of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, was in Paris on Wednesday, December 2. RFI could meet him exclusively. General Namata assures us that the joint force, three years after its creation, has now reached maturity in the fight against armed terrorist groups. If the military presence in the Sahel becomes international with the gradual arrival of the European Takuba…

Finally, we are aware of the measures taken by the authorities to combat the spread of Covid-19. After the speech was announced and then interrupted at the last minute by President Bah N'Daw, Monday night, a senior National Defense Council finally met on Tuesday afternoon at Koulouba Palace. In the end, it's a bit like the mountain that feeds a mouse.…

The former Prime Minister and former Minister of Defense, who is now head of the coalition Asma and CFP, intends to support the ongoing transition process.

This is vague and incomprehensible after the abolition at the last minute, Monday night, of the speech that President Bah N'Daw was to give on state television, ORTM. The announcement of measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 was expected, the speech had even been recorded. No justification for this cancellation. Neither…

Several terrorist attacks, claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, simultaneously targeted the French force Barkhane on Monday morning in northern Mali. It was mainly rocket or shell fire. There is very little material damage and no casualties, but what is striking is the coordination of these attacks. Three cities, three…

Four unions of community workers and the territorial administration held a general assembly this Saturday, November 28, in Bamako. They had already been on indefinite strike for over a month and a half. During the meeting, they decided to continue this strike to demand improvement of their living and working conditions. Union judges also condemned the recent massive appointments of soldiers at the head of administrative regions. For the platform of the four unions for workers in the territorial administrative…

Four years after Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was sentenced to nine years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and the destruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums, a delegation from the Trust Fund for Victims traveled to Bamako. The states that have signed the Rome Statute contribute to this fund. For Mali, 1.8 billion CFA francs will be granted from January 2021 to the tomboukti victims identified after the Al Faqi trial. About a thousand people, mainly the beneficiaries of the Mausoleum Saints who…

On Wednesday, November 25, the Mali Council of Ministers decided on a wide range of appointments to ministries, especially for national reconciliation, with personalities who do not necessarily agree, and especially with a very large number of soldiers in governorships (13 of 20 regions). Among the named soldiers, one name is more controversial: Brigadier General Keba Sangaré, attached to a recently…

Following the appointment of many soldiers as head of the regions, the appointments of Marcelin Guenguere, Chief of Staff, and Sékou Allaye Bolly, Project Leader, within the Ministry of National Reconciliation are controversial. A "monumental error". For this Malian association that has been running intermediaries for several…

Following the new regional division, the number of Malian regions will increase from 15 to 20. At that time, 13 soldiers close to Assimi Goïta, the vice president in charge of defense and security issues and junta strongman, were appointed instead of civilians to govern most regions. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielUntil…