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Mali Takes Strategic Majority Stake
Mali has made a little-noticed move that could reshape its economic leverage, taking a 51% majority stake in a China-backed explosives venture, according to officials and industry sources. The decision gives the Malian state controlling interest in a sector critical to mining, infrastructure and national security. Analysts say the move signals a shift away from…
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Militant attacks force Mali into fuel rationing
Mali is preparing to ration fuel after militant attacks in border regions have slashed deliveries,...
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Mali, Burkina Faso hit back at U.S. with entry ban on Americans
Mali and Burkina Faso have announced reciprocal restrictions on U.S. citizens. They are saying...
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AES faces U.S. travel ban as Traoré leads the bloc through crisis
The AES and Ibrahim Traoré face their biggest test yet as the U.S. imposes a full travel...
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Refugees from Mali allege sexual assaults by Russian fighters
Armed men burst into a family’s tent in Mali in the middle of the night, forcing everyone outside at gunpoint. The relatives could not understand what the fighters wanted. Then the men made them...
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Mali’s military junta earns praise from a senior U.S. official – Here’s why
Mali’s military rulers have been eulogized by a senior United States official. The praise comes days after the U.S. advised its citizens and diplomats to exit Mali. But in an X post on Tuesday, Christopher...
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U.S. urges citizens to flee Mali amid jihadi blockade and fuel shortages
The U.S. Embassy in Mali has urged all American citizens to leave the country immediately, warning of growing terrorist threats and a worsening fuel crisis caused by a blockade from an al-Qaida-linked...
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Militant fuel blockade forces Mali to close schools nationwide
Mali has temporarily shut down all schools and universities nationwide as a worsening fuel crisis cripples movement and disrupts daily life. The country’s Education Minister, Amadou Sy Savane, announced...
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Mali hits back at U.S. with matching visa bond rule for American visitors
Mali’s government has announced that U.S. citizens seeking entry into the country will now be required to post a visa bond of up to $10,000, matching a similar restriction introduced by the United...
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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to withdraw from ICC
Three African nations in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”....
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Gunmen reportedly kill 22 at baptism ceremony in Niger
Gunmen on motorbikes have reportedly shot dead 22 people, who were attending a baptism ceremony in an attack on a village in western Niger. According to an AFP report, 15 people were killed at the ceremony...
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Al-Qaeda-linked group burns fuel trucks as it tightens blockade on Mali imports
Militants linked to Al-Qaeda have opened a new front in Mali’s conflict by striking at the country’s fuel lifeline. Over the weekend, fighters belonging to Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin...
