Strike on market in north Mali kills 18, civil society group says
Bamako, Mali Reuters An army air strike at a market in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured seven, a local rights group said, while the army said it was targeting terrorists. The Collective for the Defence of the Rights of the Azawad People, which is linked to separatist […]
Northern Mali rebels say army killed 24 civilians, army reports clashes
Reuters A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused Malian soldiers, accompanied by Russian Wagner mercenaries, of killing 24 civilians travelling north to Algeria from the city of Gao, as the army reported clashes in the region. Mali, led by a military junta, has for more than a decade battled jihadist groups allied to Islamic […]
Mali rebels say army, Russian fighters killed nine civilians in car attack
Reuters Nine civilians including women and children were killed in an attack on a vehicle in Mali’s Segou region last week, a civil society group and a rebel coalition said late on Saturday, accusing the army and Russian mercenaries of being responsible. A CSP-DPA fighter secures the perimeter during a meeting of Tuareg rebels army […]
Mali drone strikes kill at least 21 in northern town, rebels say
Bamako, Mali Reuters At least 21 people, including 11 children, were killed by drone strikes on Sunday on the town of Tinzaouaten in north Mali, near where the army suffered a heavy blow last month, Tuareg rebels said. Mali had already carried out airstrikes on insurgent targets in and around Tinzaouaten shortly after Tuareg and […]
Mali junta eyes new peace talks after ending accord with separatists
Bamako, Mali Reuters Mali’s junta on Friday issued a decree to establish a committee to organise national peace and reconciliation talks, a day after it ended a 2015 peace deal with Tuareg separatist rebels and accused mediator Algeria of interfering in its affairs. The decision to end the so-called Algiers accord threatens to further destabilise […]
Mali’s Tuareg rebels claim capture of more military bases
Bamako, MaliReuters Fresh fighting broke out between Mali’s army and northern Tuareg rebels on Sunday, with the rebels claiming to have taken control of two army bases in the central town of Lere. The rebel alliance, called the Coordination of Azawad Movements, has been fighting the army since August, a conflict unleashed in part by […]
Withdrawal request: Mali faces spectre of anarchy after demanding UN’s departure
EDWARD MCALLISTER and DAVID LEWIS, of Reuters, report the MINUSMA mission and what it’s end could mean…
Child soldiers and deaths surge in Mali as violence worsens
Dakar, Senegal Thomson Reuters Foundation The number of children forced to join armed groups in Mali has doubled since last year amid worsening jihadist and ethnic violence, the United Nations said on Tuesday. In the first six months of 2019, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, recorded 99 cases of children in Mali being recruited or […]