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The CMAS, the movement of Imam Mahmoud Dicko who led the popular uprising for several months against the former regime of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, clarifies its position amid controversy over the National Transitional Council. It now shows its willingness to play the role of the transitional authorities and to participate in the future Council.…

Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya has resigned as the High Representative of the African Union in Mali and the Sahel, according to RFI information. Convicted of 18 relatives in absence to life imprisonment in Burundi to assassinate his successor and the country's first democratically elected Hutu president, Melchior…

In Mali, the Collectif des associations de jeunes du pays dogon (CAJPD), which brings together forty organizations, is launching a large food operation. The operation is called "Bol lèi", two bowls, in the Dogon language. Dogon country, an area in central Mali in the Mopti region, has been the scene of years of jihadist…

According to several specialized websites, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has appointed one of its leaders as its head to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was killed in June last year, during a French military operation in northern Mali. The new leader is named Abou Oubéïda Youssef. He is an influential member of AQIM. Our Bamakoa correspondent watched the video announcing the appointment of…

The three-day national and multisectoral strike, at the request of the country's first union group, UNTM, paralyzed many sectors in Mali between Wednesday and Friday. Negotiations can be resumed quickly between UNTM and the government, but the deviation continues. For Yacouba Katilé, president of the National Union of Workers of Mali, the strike was a success.The call to stop working for three days was well attended, especially in the banking sector, the mines or the public services for customs, finance and health. The…

In an interview with the newspaper "Jeune Afrique", the French president looks back on the major projects that have been carried out with Africa since his arrival in the Élysée and can boast a change of method. He tackles Russia and Turkey who want to play against French sentiments according to him and expresses himself about the situation in many countries, starting with Mali. In Mali, Emmanuel Macron does notthis interview, comments on the current transition but recalls that he refuses discussions with jihadist groups…

In Mali, three people were killed on November 19 in Farabougou, a village that has been besieged by jihadist fighters since early October. Despite the presence of the Malian army, which arrived in the village almost a month ago, and despite the commitments made almost two weeks ago during the Niono Forum for Social Reconciliation in the Circle, the inhabitants have still not regained their freedom of movement. In Mali, three inhabitants of Farabougoukilled on their way to their fields. "It was my cousin's son," says a…

In Mali, three ministers met on Thursday, November 19, with the leaders of the country's political parties to "contact" the political parties. This is to establish a dialogue between the government and the political class, while the latter accuses the military of having monopolized the future National Transitional Council ... and has made it known.…

In Mali, the social and political reality is regaining its rights after three days of national mourning, but also of national community around the figure of the late President Amadou Toumani Touré. UNTM, the first union group in the country, began a three-day strike on Wednesday 18 November. A call to stop work affecting all sectors.…

The previous head of state died final week in Turkey, the place he had simply come for therapy. This Tuesday, his nationwide funeral occurred in the midst of the navy engineering website in Bamako. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielA sober ceremony, however filled with emotion. Many individuals attended the nationwide…