Burkina Faso’s military government has been placed on Civicus’s 2026 watchlist amid what the human rights group calls a rapid and severe assault on civil society, political opposition and independent expression. Civicus…
Mali and Algeria have reached a milestone agreement to restore diplomatic relations, marking the end of a 15-month standoff sparked…
Human Rights Watch says it has documented a series of rights abuses in Mali, accusing all sides of unlawfully targeting…
Militant fighters affiliated with Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), alongside their Tuareg separatist allies from the Azawad Liberation Front, have…
As the crisis in the Central Sahel fades from media attention, the United Nations has revealed a grim reality: millions…
Mali’s military junta has announced a significant $3.5 million bounty for information that could lead to the capture or killing…
In a shocking incident that has raised alarm across Mali, prominent lawyer and government critic Mountaga Tall was abducted from…
For the first time in Mali’s turbulent north, the military, alongside Russian forces, has commenced the use of cluster munitions…
Mali’s military leader, Assimi Goïta, has stepped into the role of defense minister following the death of Sadio Camara, who…
In a decisive move, Russia has asserted that its forces will maintain their presence in Mali, continuing to support the…
Bamako, Mali’s sprawling capital and a West African commercial centre of more than three million people, is facing a tightening…
