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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…

Following a swift deliberation, Bamako's court against terrorism on Wednesday, October 28, recognized Mauritanian Fawaz Ould Ahmed, alias "Ibrahim 10", guilty of belonging to a jihadist group, for murder in connection with a terrorist activity and financing of terrorism. He and his co-defendant, Sadou Chaka, were sentenced to death as well as a fine of 10 million CFA francs for the attacks on the Terrace…

In Mali, October 28 was the second day of the trial against the alleged perpetrators of the Bamako attacks in 2015, which killed 30 people, at the Terrace bar restaurant and at the Radisson Blu hotel. This new day opened with the hearings of the two defendants. The main suspect, the Mauritanian Fawaz Ould Ahmed, aka "Ibrahim 10", who for almost two hours detailed the operations he performed, showed no remorse. At the stand, Fawaz Ould Ahmed, surrounded by his two lawyers in front of the anti-terrorism assistants, had most…

Visiting Mali, the chief of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, closed the door on a attainable dialogue with armed teams, explains Le Level Afrique."The least we will say is that the international minister left little question in regards to the French angle in direction of jihadist teams." Le Level Afrique quotes the phrases of Jean-Yves Le Drian, who responded to the press on Monday: "Allow us to say issues very clearly:…

In Mali, the situation is calm in Farabougou, a village in the center of the country, in the Ségou region, where the Malian special forces entered late last week after more than two weeks of jihadist blockade. On the spot, local notables had carried out a mediation with the jihadists who surrounded the village and who are still present in the surroundings. This mediation stopped with the arrival of the…