Mali

The Auditor General presented his annual report to the Transitional Authorities at the end of last week. This report, which reviews public spending, has since been published. In 2019, Rigsrevisionen carried out 31 verifications concerning expenses, which were carried out between 2015 and the first quarter of 2018. Purpose: to track everything that looks like a lack of transparency or even direct fraud.…

This Thursday, November 5, 2020 in the morning, opens a forum on reconciliation between communities in Niono in central Mali. At the initiative of the government, many community actors, but also representatives of the Malian state, will work for four days to try to find a solution to the problems that have plagued the area for…

On Tuesday night, a bus from Mopti was targeted by armed men about thirty kilometers from Bandiagara, in Dogon country. The charge is heavy: eight dead. It is an area that has already been targeted in the last month by several jihadist attacks, and where the army has subsequently been accused of abuse. Of the thirty passengers…

In Mali, the situation is very tense in the circle of Niono, in the region of Ségou, in the center of the country. While the jihadists have been besieging the village of Farabougou for almost a month, it is other localities in this circle that have experienced worrying incidents in recent hours. Tensions between communities that have caused deaths.…

French Military Minister Florence Parly visited Bamako for a few hours on Monday 2 November. She met the new Malian authorities. The French minister announced that Paris is continuing with Bamako the fight against terrorism, a fight against terrorism that is recording results. In late October, about fifty jihadists were killed in the north, the French minister said.…

This village in central Mali is still surrounded by jihadist fighters whose ideological claims are superimposed on a conflict between the communities. A situation that continues despite the arrival of Malian army soldiers to the village ten days ago to protect the inhabitants. After a relative lull, the situation has…

On November 2, 2013, our colleagues Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon were kidnapped and then killed in Kidal in northern Mali while reporting. Seven years later, one of the sponsors and two of the alleged kidnappers are still driving. In 2019, RFI revealed that French special forces had tried to pursue the kidnappers. Information confirmed for the first time this year by a French officer.…

In Mali, this initiative is in the city and region of Ménaka in the northern part of the country. An operation carried out jointly by the Malian army and the armed groups that have signed the peace agreement, called "Menaka without weapons", was launched just over a month ago. This operation aims to reduce terrorist attacks, but also actions by bandits that are frequent in the area.…

Since the entry of the Malian army into Farabougou, this locality in central Mali under a jihadist blockade, an insecure calm has prevailed. But this Friday morning, this tacit pact of non-aggression between the military and the jihadists was broken. About twenty villagers, perhaps 24 according to several elected officials from…

It has been a week since the Malian special forces entered the village of Farabougou, in the center of the country, in the Ségou region. But those who present themselves as jihadists who have surrounded Farabougou for more than two weeks are still present in the area. On the spot, the situation remains calm, but the problems are not solved. Mediation initiated by local notables, such as traditional…