Tag: Mali
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๐ฒ๐ฑMali junta chief to take over killed defence minister’s role
Mali’s junta leader, Assimi Goita, will assume the additional role of defence minister, according to a decree announced on Monday, after the death of the previous minister in large-scale attacks. Mali is facing a security crisis following an assault on junta strongholds led by Tuareg separatists and Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists more than a week ago, during…
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ECOWAS appoints veteran diplomat to mediate with Sahel States
ECOWAS has appointed Lansana Kouyatรฉ, a former Guinean prime minister and ex-ECOWAS executive secretary, to mediate with Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, which withdrew from the bloc in January 2025 to form their own Sahel States alliance. Previous mediation efforts by Senegalese and Ghanaian leaders failed to convince the three junta-led countries to rejoin. Lansana…
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Three West African juntas have turned to Russia. Now the US wants to engage them
The US has declared a stark policy shift towards three West African countries which are battling Islamist insurgents and whose military governments have broken defence ties with France and turned towards Russia. The state department announced that Nick Checker, head of its Bureau of African Affairs, would visit Mali’s capital Bamako to convey the United…
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๐บ๐ธ U.S. Travel Ban Expands: Seven New Countries Face Full Restrictions, Impacting African Travel and Families
The new year ushered in stricter U.S. travel rules, with citizens from seven additional countries now completely barred from entering the United States, a policy that continues to separate families and complicate international exchange. The United States has significantly expanded its controversial travel restrictions, adding seven countries to its list of nations whose citizens are…
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Mali and Burkina Faso impose travel ban on US citizens in tit-for-tat move
Mali and Burkina Faso say they will bar US citizens from entering their countries in response to a similar move by the Trump administration. The two West African states were recently placed under full entry restrictions under US President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban. In separate statements, they said they would apply the same measures…
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๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช Leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger launch joint AES television channel
The presidents of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have ceremonially launched a joint television channel of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), Maliโs newspaper LโEssor reported. ๐ธIbrahim Traorรฉ, Assimi Goรฏta and Abdourahamane Tchiani also took part in the channelโs first broadcast, during which the AES national anthem was played and reports were aired on the…
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๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso allocates frequency for Confederation of Sahel States radio station
Burkina Fasoโs Superior Council for Communication (CSC) has allocated a frequency for the operation of Daandรฉ Liptako radio station of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), which includes Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the CSC press service reported. ๐ธThe relevant agreement was signed by CSC President Wendingoudi Louis Modeste Ouedraogo and Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie…
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ECOWAS Greenlights $2.85 Million per Nation and Massive Counter-Terrorism Brigade in Major Security Push
West African nations Benin, Cรดte dโIvoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo are set to receive immediate financial support for combating terrorism, as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) approves a major security package. The bloc has also moved to activate a formidable 260,000-strong regional counter-terrorism brigade, signaling a decisive and costly response to an…
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๐จ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ Inside a thriving Chinatown neighborhood in the heart of West Africa
Chinese migrants have created a lively community in the Malian capital of Bamako, but the advance of Islamist militants has some questioning their future there. BAMAKO, Mali โ Drive through downtown in this West African capital, past traditional markets and mosques, and you arrive, unexpectedly, in a neighborhood with bubble tea shops and Chinese boutiques,…
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๐ณ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ง๐ซ President of Niger Reveals Western Conspiracy to Partition Mali
The President of Niger, Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani, made a bold statement to the members of the national armed forces. In his address, he revealed details of a large-scale plan by Western countries to divide Mali and establish full control over the entire Sahel region. According to the leader of Niger, external forces intend to…
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