UN plane crash-lands in Mali, injures 11
A United Nations plane careened off the runway while touching down in the northern Malian city of Gao on Monday, the international organisation said, injuring...
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West Africa proposes plan to resolve Mali crisis; opposition unimpressed
West Africa’s regional body ECOWAS on Monday proposed a four-point plan to resolve Mali’s political crisis that it says should be implemented within 10 days,...
West African leaders seek end to Mali political crisis
Presidents from five West African countries arrive in Mali on Thursday to try to negotiate an end to a political crisis that has rocked the...
Five African leaders in Mali to resolve political crisis amid ongoing protests
Five African leaders are set to make a fresh bid to end Mali’s political crisis on Thursday, following weeks of sometimes deadly protests demanding the...
Saudi-trained cleric emerges as driver of Mali protest movement
When five West African presidents arrive in Mali on Thursday to try to defuse a political crisis that has alarmed governments in the region and...
Two soldiers killed, five injured in Burkina Faso attack
At least two soldiers were killed and five injured in an attack Monday in eastern Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, security sources said....
Mali opposition rejects ECOWAS proposals on ending political crisis
An influential opposition group in Mali rejected a proposal by regional mediators on Sunday aimed at ending a political crisis in which at least 11...
Fighting Discrimination, a French Woman Becomes a Champion of Men
PARIS — Standing on a truck, her fist clenched high and her back turned to a row of police vans, Assa Traoré galvanized the crowd...
Mali president tries to calm unrest with court dissolution
Africanews. Mali’s embattled president announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African country,...
Mali protest leaders hike pressure on president after talks
Mali’s protest leaders stepped up pressure on President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday, calling for more demonstrations and his resignation hours after meeting with him...