Mali

Rights group accuses Russian mercenaries of abuses against civilians in Mali

12:58am December 12, 2024

Malian armed forces, the Russia-backed Wagner Group and jihadi groups deliberately killed civilians and burned homes in Mali according to Human Rights Watch.

Supporters of the Alliance Of Sahel States (AES) drive with flags as they celebrate Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Niamey on January 28, 2024.

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After the coups, West Africa's Brexit moment

6:25am January 31, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have severed ties from a key West African bloc. Four things you need to know about what the break means for a region destabilized by coups and rising jihadist violence.

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Workers in front of the doors of a revered 15th-century mosque in 2016. The doors were hacked apart by jihadists in Mali's ancient city of Timbuktu in 2012 and now unveiled restored to their former glory. Now the city is under siege again.

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A security vacuum in the Sahel has left Timbuktu blockaded by Islamist militants

8:23am October 06, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali is suffering under a months-long blockade by Islamist militants, as instability grows in a region of the Sahel in West Africa.

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French soldiers who wrapped up a four-month tour of duty in the Sahel board a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport plane, leave their base in Gao, Mali on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

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France says it will withdraw troops from Mali but remain in West Africa

3:39pm February 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

The announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron will end nearly a decade of fighting Islamic extremists in the West African country.

The band Songhoy Blues from Bamako, Mali.

Musicians From Mali Offer Advice On Getting Through Hard Times

8:23am November 12, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Facing a pandemic lockdown, huge political upheavals and ongoing uncertainty about the future, musicians including Oumou Sangare and Songhoy Blues offer lessons in creativity and optimism.

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French Defense Minister Florence Parly (left) and French Army Chief of Staff Gen. François Lecointre said Tuesday that two helicopters collided in midair and killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic extremists in Mali.

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13 French Troops Killed In Helicopter Collision While Pursuing Militants In Mali

2:59pm November 26, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

It's believed to be the highest single loss for the French military since 1983. "These 13 heroes had only one goal: to protect us," French President Emmanuel Macron said.

Arts

International Band Tinariwen Welcomed In Winston-Salem

7:05am September 18, 2019

by David Ford

An outpouring of local support for an international band culminated just before the Tuesday night concert at The Ramkat in Winston-Salem.

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Nana Kadidia Diawara, a nurse who is a community health worker in Mali's capital city of Bamako, measures the arm of a child to check for signs of malnutrition. There's no charge for the care she provides.

Health & Safety

How One Community Brought Child Mortality Down From 154 to 7 Per 1,000 Live Births

11:10pm July 12, 2019

by Peter Yeung

A 7-year trial in Mali provided house calls and health care at no charge for pregnant women and young children. The results inspired the president to make a bold pronouncement.

A map locating the attack that took place on June 9 in Sangha district and March 23 attack targeting two villages in Bankass district in Mali.

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U.N. Says At Least 95 People Killed In Attack On Mali Village

9:38pm June 10, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

It's the latest in a spate of deadly attacks in a region that has seen escalating tensions between ethnic groups. The U.N. says a group of armed men poured into the village Sunday evening.

A message on a postcard addressed to a school in the United States.

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Why It's Easy — And Hard — To Get A Postcard All The Way From Timbuktu

7:00am September 22, 2018

by Clair MacDougall

When tourism to the fabled city took a downturn, two guys came up with an idea to bring in a little income for the local tour guides.