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Sweden’s ambassador to Bamako has been summoned and ordered to leave the country within 72 hours because of a “hostile” statement by a Swedish minister, Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. Mali’s ...

7.1 million people in need of humanitarian aid More than 390,000 people internally displaced Approximately one million young children at risk of acute malnutrition Very high constraints on ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 28 July 2023 Once home to several pre-colonial empires, the landlocked, arid West African country of Mali is one of the largest on the ...

Mali's military junta arrested two generals and a French national and accused them of attempting to destabilize the transitional government. Mali's military leadership has said it thwarted a coup ...

A well-armed jihadist group affiliated with al Qaeda is closing in on Bamako, the capital of Mali. The country’s military junta and their Russian partners are struggling to counter the jihadis, who ...

Parts of Mali’s capital have been brought to a near standstill as a group affiliated with al-Qaeda imposes an economic siege on the country by blocking routes used by fuel tankers, in a bid to turn ...

11th century - Empire of Mali becomes dominant force in the upper Niger basin, its period of greatness beginning under King Sundiata in 1235 and peaking under Mansa Musa who ruled between 1312 and ...

Mali’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it will require US visa applicants to post a bond of up to $10,000 in response to an identical measure enacted by the US last week that takes effect Oct. 23. The ...

Mali's military authorities on Thursday granted the junta chief a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election. The move clears the way for General ...

Nearly five years after the signing of a peace accord with northern armed groups, Mali finds itself in a complex and deteriorating security crisis. The 2015 Accord—officially the “Agreement for Peace ...

Mali has completed its takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines abandoned by their previous owners, the government announced at the weekend, but questions remain over how any untapped value can be ...