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Human rights breaches in Georgia, Iran and Mali
The European Sting
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June 20, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs strongly condemn the Georgian Dream regime’s systemic assault on democratic institutions, political opposition, independent media, civil society...
Torture and Forced Disappearances: Inside Wagner’s Secret Prisons in Mali
Africa Uncensored
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June 20, 2025
Since arriving in Mali in 2021, Russian Wagner mercenaries have abducted and detained hundreds of civilians in former UN bases and military camps shared with the Malian army. Our investigation, as part of the Viktoriia project, reveals secret...
Economy, health, education, top agenda as ECOWAS ministers meet in Abuja
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 19, 2025
Critical issues relating to economic integration, infrastructure development, health, education and agriculture were some of the issues topping the agenda at the opening of the 94th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in Abuja on...
Patriots Break Through Firewall with Anti-Migration Amendments in Mali Resolution
The European Conservative
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June 19, 2025
When you’re used to being under a cordon sanitaire in Brussels, every little victory counts. On Thursday, June 19th, the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group managed to break the anti-conservative alliance of the “center-right” EPP and the left-wing...
Mali's junta tightens grip after five years of military rule
Deutsche Welle
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June 17, 2025
In 2020 and 2021, General Assimi Goita siezed power of Mali, bringing the country under military rule. Elections scheduled for February 2024 were postponed due to "technical reasons," including issues related to the adoption of a new constitution...
Tuareg Groups Accuse Mali, Russian Mercenaries of War Crimes
Mezha
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June 18, 2025
Recently, several Tuareg organizations appealed to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, accusing the armed forces of Mali and Burkina Faso, as well as mercenaries from the Russian group “African Corps” (formerly...
You Walk Through Doors They Died To Open: What June 19 Demands Of Every For
The Nigerian Voice
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On June 19, across the United States, Juneteenth was once again celebrated—not merely as a federal holiday, but as a living, breathing reminder of freedom delayed and dignity reclaimed. For African Americans, June 19, 1865, marks a profound...
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Greater Kashmir
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June 18, 2025
That the present governance system in J&K is not the norm is well acknowledged. It is an exception and not the rule in the Indian federal framework. Nor is there a well-considered view, administrative or political, that it is a desirable model of...
ALL ARTS Premieres The Darkroom MCs Today, Exploring Legacy, Craft and Culture Through the Lens of Photographers Beuford Smith, Joseph Rodriguez and more
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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The docuseries features darkroom sessions that illuminate the creative process and enduring influence of celebrated but often underrepresented Black photographic artists NEW YORK, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ALL ARTS the streaming platform and...
China’s support for Mali’s military carries risks: researche...
Modern Ghana
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Mali, a landlocked Sahelian nation of 25 million people, has faced significant instability since 2012, marked by terrorism, state neglect and armed conflicts. That year a Tuareg rebellion started in northern Mali and President Amadou Toumani Touré...
50% of Nigerian children suffer online bullying, harassment
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 18, 2025
Beaming its searchlight on the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, the GSMA made scathing discoveries about rising cases of bullying and harassment faced by children exploring the online space. GSMA observed that the digital landscape in SSA is...
Benue’s bloodshed: Beyond ethnic tensions, a triple crisis of climate, politics, and arms, By Ope Oriniowo
Premium Times
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June 18, 2025
Benue’s tragedy is a warning — and an opportunity. If we continue to explain it through the narrow lens of “age-old rivalry,” we will not only fail the people of the state but also lose the broader fight against state fragility in Nigeria. It’s...
Russia’s Wagner Group Surrenders to Radical Islam
theTrumpet
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“Mission accomplished. pmc Wagner is going home.” A Telegram account associated with Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group recently posted this message regarding its operations in Mali. For the past several years, Wagner has been operating in the West...
Little lives on the sea
L'Osservatore Romano
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by Lidia Ginestra Giuffrida A gentle cry, two little black eyes and a tiny body just a few centimeters long inside a deflated life jacket. This is how little Moses arrived in my arms. His mother, from the iron boat she was on, thought first of...
A look at Mali after five years of military rule
Deutsche Welle
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In 2020 and 2021, General Assimi Goita siezed power of Mali, bringing the country under military rule. Elections scheduled for February 2024 were postponed due to "technical reasons," including issues related to the adoption of a new constitution...
China’s support for Mali’s military carries risks: researcher outlines what they are
The Conversation
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June 17, 2025
Mali, a landlocked Sahelian nation of 25 million people, has faced significant instability since 2012, marked by terrorism, state neglect and armed conflicts. That year a Tuareg rebellion started in northern Mali and President Amadou Toumani Touré...
Rwandan immigrant indicted for allegedly hiding genocidal past while entering US
WCYB - Virginia
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DAYTON, Ohio (TNND) — An Ohio federal grand jury on Friday indicted a Rwandan man who allegedly concealed his role as a perpetrator of the 1994 genocide in the country. The jury concluded that Vincent Nzigiyimfura, a 65-year-old man living in...
Russia Uses Orthodox Church to Spread Influence Across Africa
Kyiv Post
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June 17, 2025
Russia is actively using the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) as a tool of hybrid influence across the African continent. According to Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR), the ROC is building pro-Russian networks...
Tuggar: Departure of Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali from ECOWAS Has Not Affected Trade, Relations Among W’African Countries
This Day
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June 17, 2025
Michael Olugbodein Abuja The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has said the exit of Burkina-Faso, Mali and Niger, the three Alliance of Sahel States from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has not affected...
Nigeria Set to Host Historic African Fencing Championships
This Day
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June 21, 2025
Nigeria is poised to make history as it becomes the third sub-Saharan African nation, after Senegal and Mali, to host the prestigious African Fencing Championships. Building on the momentum from hosting the 2018 and 2022 African Junior...