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An assassination attempt was directed on Tuesday morning, July 20, 2021, at Assimi Goïta, the colonel who has now become interim president. A narrow foiled knife attack at the Grand Mosque in Bamako, while attending Eid al-Adha, the victim's feast. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielAfter the prayer, when the Imam went out…

Two gunmen, including one who used a knife, attacked Mali's interim president Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the Grand Mosque in Bamako in the country's capital, a journalist from the Agence France-Presse (AFP) who was at the scene said. The attack took place during prayers for the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha. Goita has since been taken from the scene, according to the journalist, who said it was not immediately clear if he had been injured. Religious Affairs Minister Mamadou Kone told AFP that a man…

Two weeks after an international arrest warrant was issued against Karim Keïta, son of former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Malian journalist, his lawyers are on the plate. They claim that the inquiry has a "political" basis and advise its client not to return to Mali to answer for justice.…

Malia's armed forces announced late Saturday night the kidnapping of three Chinese citizens and two Mauritanians working for construction companies on Malia's border with Mauritania. as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel The company consortium is responsible for paving roads and building bridges in Malian region Nara, located…

To mark his hundredth day in captivity and demand the release of Olivier Dubois, nearly 70 people gathered this Saturday, July 18, in Bamako for a sports walk. A discipline exercised by the independent journalist. Installed in Mali since 2015, he is the only French hostage known in the world since his abduction in Gao on April 8 by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims, a branch of the terrorist group…

A delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) concluded a four-day visit to Mali on Friday. Under the leadership of Akunlé Adéléké, the current president of the PSC for this month in July, the mission met in particular with several government agencies as well as the local political class. as reported from…

It has been more than 100 days since the French journalist Olivier Dubois was kidnapped in Mali. A support meeting was held in Paris in the middle of the day. A banner was displayed in front of the town hall in the 10th arrondissement. The message was clear, open in all speeches: we must talk about Olivier Dubois, we must get…

Two health centers for victims of violence called "One stop center" opened this week in Bamako. On August 5, eight more will be made available to the Malian government in the Kayes, Koulikoro, Ségou and Sikasso regions, as part of the Spotlight project. A joint initiative of the European Union and the UN to try to "eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls".…

In Mali, former interim president Bah N'Daw and former prime minister Moctar Ouane have been under house arrest since the second coup led by the ruling military junta on May 24. They have just hired a lawyer with a very offensive strategy. Because Colonel Assimi Goïta is "the one who gives orders", because he is the one who…

In Mali, Father Léon Dougnon was released on Tuesday afternoon, July 13. The parish priest in the village of Ségué, in the Mopti region, was kidnapped on June 21 three and a half weeks ago while traveling with four other faithful Christians. It was close to the town of Bandiagara. Father Léon Dougnon and four faithful had been…