The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Sunday (Jan 28) announced that they were leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect, stating it has become a threat to member states.

Coup-hit Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger quit ECOWAS regional block

The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS. The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a "sovereign decision" to leave the Economic Community of West African States "without delay".

3 military-led West African states leave ECOWAS

More than 70 people were killed after a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, a local gold mining group leader and a local official told AFP on Wednesday.

More than 70 dead after Mali gold mine collapse

The leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), Iyad Ag Ghaly recently published a video speaking publicly for the first time since 2017 and warned about a new phase of Jihad after lashing out at the military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger and their Russian allies.

Leader of al-Qaeda-linked group in Sahel announces new Jihad phase against juntas

The United Nations on Monday (Dec 11) officially concluded its decade-old deployment in Mali, its spokesperson released a statement saying, in a move that Mali's military leaders ordered.

UN mission in Mali officially concludes 10-year deployment

Malian foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop has said that withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from northern Mali will not be delayed and would happen on time by December 31.

UN troops' departure won't be delayed: Mali junta

Islamist militants in Mali began a blockade of Timbuktu by cutting road access in august and then shut off river and air routes in an offensive that has put the city once again on the frontline of an insurgency. People living in cities in Mali under siege by Al-Qaeda-linked militants say they are facing shortages of food, fuel and medicine, and rapidly rising prices. The blockades have come as fighting intensifies between the army, who are backed by russian wagner mercenaries, and both islamist groups and ethnic tuareg separatist fighters.

Mali's Timbuktu is suffering

The military junta in Mali is aiming to take over a key United Nations military camp in the rebel stronghold of Kidal, reported AFP citing a senior official. Hostilities with Tuareg rebels in the region have resumed and the UN camp is one of the major prizes The army has faced a series of attacks in recent weeks in northern Mali.

Mali: Military junta aims takeover of key UN camp in north

Insurgency is on the rise in the impoverished, West African nation of Mali, especially in its northern and central regions. On the 7th of September, attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger river in Northern Mali by suspected Jihadists killed 64 people. The assaults were claimed by a group affiliated to Al-Qaeda. The very next day, a suicide attack targeted a military base in northern Mali. And on the 12th of September, armed groups from northern Mali claimed to have captured the key town of Bourem, following fighting with the Malian army. Given the resumption of hostilities in the north, the Mali Junta has cancelled independence day celebrations planned for next week. Mohammed Saleh brings you this report.

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Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso military leaders establish security alliance. The alliance of Sahel states (AES) aims to "establish an architecture of collective defence and mutual assistance" for the benefit of populations.

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact

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Sixty-four people were killed in two separate suspected jihadist attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on Thursday (September 7). Citing an official statement, the news agency AFP reported that the attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger River and an army position at Bamba, in the northern Gao region with a provisional toll of 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed.

Mali: 64 killed in suspected jihadist attacks on army base, passenger boat

Russia on Wednesday (August 30) vetoed the United Nations Security Council resolution, which was drafted by France and UAE, on the sanctions against Mali. Thirteen out of the UN Security Council's 15 members were in favour of the proposal that would have extended the UN sanctions and independent monitoring for another year.

Russia vetoes UNSC resolution on sanctions against Mali, China abstains

The ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali has reportedly been under a blockade by Islamist militants for several days. As per AFP, local officials reported on Monday that the jihadists "have blocked all the roads," effectively sealing off all roads in and out of the northern city, situated on the fringes of the Sahara desert.

Timbuktu under siege: Jihadist fighters block roads, cut off supplies

During the operation, three of its soldiers were wounded when they came under fire, the force added a few hours later. The MINUSMA force's departure from Ber comes after the Malian army on Saturday said six soldiers died and 24 fighters from "armed terrorist groups" were killed in a skirmish in the area on Friday.

UN peacekeeping mission in Mali quits base early over insecurity

In response to regional threats to intervene against the coup leaders in Niger, the ruling juntas of Mali and Burkina Faso sent delegations to Niamey on Monday to demonstrate their solidarity with them. The discussions took place after the ECOWAS-imposed deadline for the Nigerien military to reinstate ousted president Mohamed Bazoum had passed.

Burkina Faso and Mali delegations reach Niger

Mali is now decided to drop the French language as its official language designation with its new constitution. Mali has 13 other national languages the status of official language and according to reports the new constitution has been passed with a vote share of nearly about 96.91 per cent.

Mali: 13 other spoken languages to receive official status

Due to a one-letter error in the domain name "report," the UK has unintentionally been sending sensitive material to Mali, a country that is allied with Russia. Unintentionally sending emails to Mali that contain classified material are British officials. The domain name was incorrectly spelt by officials as ". ml" when it should have been ".

UK defence officials send classified intel to African nation

Due to a small typing error, millions of emails from the US military that included extremely sensitive information were unintentionally transmitted to Mali. Notably, Mali is a West African nation and a Russian ally. Confusion was initially triggered by a straightforward domain name error.

US information leaked to Russian ally Mali due to email typing error

A mere “typo” led millions of US military emails that contained highly sensitive information to be redirected to Mali, a West African country which is an ally of Russia.

Thousands of US military emails mistakenly sent to Russian ally Mali due to ‘typo’

Mali's junta carried out a partial reshuffle of the government a day before a day later. United Nations Security Council withdraws troops following a referendum.

Mali's military government asks UNSC to withdraw troops

The military junta of Mali reached a deal with Russia to deploy troops from the Wagner group just days before the United Nations Security Council voted to end its peacekeeping mission in Mali. Relations between Mali and the U.N. have been deteriorating ever since the military regime took power in a coup in 2020. The United Nations multi-dimensional integrated stabilisation mission is known as "minusima," and the Malian government declared it a failure and requested for its termination last week.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: Unstinting support to Mali

The UN Security Council on Friday ended a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali, whose military junta has aligned with Russia and demanded the withdrawal of the international force battling jihadists.

Under pressure from Mali junta, UN ends peacekeeping mission

The United States has imposed sanctions on the mercenary group Wagner’s local boss in Mali. The announcement was made by the US Treasury Department on Friday, claiming that the group's head Ivan Maslov was in Bali to obtain military equipment for the Ukranian war, apart from securing arms from other African countries.

US sanctions Wagner’s local chief in Mali, claims group sourcing weapons to Russia

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