US diplomat Landau speaks to Mali’s foreign minister about regional security

(Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said on Tuesday that he spoke with Mali’s foreign minister, Abdoulaye Diop, to discuss shared security interests in the region. In a post on X, Landau also said that the United States...

Mali’s leader addresses deadly fuel crisis amid jihadi blockade

General Assimi Goita, the head of Mali's military junta, spoke for the first time on Monday about the country's fuel crisis. The crisis stems from a jihadi group's blockade of fuel tankers entering the landlocked West African nation. "During the...

Africa: Mali faces fuel crisis as al Qaeda-tied jihadi fighters tighten grip around capital Bamako

A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the jihadists might try eventually to impose their rule on the West...

Jihadists’ fuel blockade poses biggest threat yet to Mali’s military junta

A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the jihadists might eventually try to impose their rule on the West...

Mali crisis: Is West Africa the new epicenter of global terrorism?

A group of Al Qaeda-linked militants are reportedly on the cusp of seizing control of the West African nation of Mali in what many fear could lead to a complete takeover of a national government by a designated terrorist organization. The Jama’at...

Protecting cultural heritage: our obligations and actions

. UNESCO has defined cultural heritage as the tangible objects (artefacts, museums, monuments, etc) and intangible assets (practices, knowledge, skills, etc) that have symbolic, historic, ethnological and social importance. For decades, cultural...

Mali’s army struggling to contain jihadist threat

Mali’s military junta is facing one of its gravest challenges yet as jihadist group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) tightens a blockade around the capital, Bamako. The al-Qaeda-linked group, once confined to the north, has...

Bamako assiégée : pourquoi l'armée malienne peine à briser le blocus djihadiste de la capitale

Lorsque l'armée a renversé le gouvernement démocratiquement élu au Mali en 2020, le général Assimi Goita, chef du coup d'État, a promis d'éradiquer les djihadistes dans le nord du pays. Mais, depuis plus de 10 ans, le Mali tente, en vain, de les...

Critic of Mali’s Junta Forcibly Disappeared

On the afternoon of October 25, Cheick Oumar Diallo chatted with companions on a street in Mali’s capital, Bamako. Suddenly, four gendarmes arrived in a pickup truck and motorbikes, arrested him, and drove off. A week later, Diallo—a 43-year-old...

Mali nears collapse amid jihadist siege

Across Africa and beyond, concern is mounting that Mali—under military rule since 2020—may be on the verge of collapse after its junta failed to repel jihadist insurgents who have battled the government for years. The militants, affiliated with...

Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Tighten Siege On Mali’s Capital As Western Nations Urge Evacuation

Jihadi fighters affiliated with al Qaeda are tightening their grip around Bamako, the capital of Mali, as fears mount over a possible siege and the collapse of the country’s military junta. The militants, belonging to Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam...

Truckers defy death to supply jihadist-hit Mali with fuel

Tanker driver Baba steeled himself for yet another perilous journey from Ivory Coast to Mali loaded up with desperately needed fuel -- and fear. "You never know if you'll come back alive," he said. Even before they hit the road, the mere mention...

Crise au Mali : ce que révèle le blocus djihadiste de Bamako

Une coalition de groupes djihadistes affiliés à Al-Qaïda a assiégé la capitale du Mali. Depuis plus d'un mois, ils attaquent les convois d'approvisionnement de ce pays enclavé d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Ces attaques ciblent notamment ceux qui...

Mali Lithium Mine Defies Rebel Fuel Blockade

Kodal Minerals said Monday its Bougouni lithium mine in southern Mali remains operational even as Islamist insurgents intensify a nationwide fuel blockade that has paralyzed transport, closed schools, and choked diesel deliveries critical to...

Collaborating for change

Like its predecessors, Legatum’s next philanthropic vehicle, the Luminos Fund, was also incubated through a series of pilot programmes steered by Geneva Global, but this time in partnership with the Strømme Foundation, a Norwegian NGO, supporting...

Malian Islamists attack military convoy

In a statement released yesterday by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and published by the African news portal LSI, the group claimed responsibility for the attack, though it did not specify the number of casualties or damage....

Bamako under siege: Why Mali's army is struggling to break jihadist blockade

Malian anti rior police officers line up in front of the Algerian Embassy in Bamako on April 8, 2025 during a demonstration. [AFP] When the military overthrew the democratically elected government in Mali in 2020, coup leader General Assimi Goita...

What We’re Watching: Trump threatens Nigeria, Jihadis surround Mali’s capital, Latin Americans back US-led regime change in Venezuela

Trump threatens hit on Nigeria over plight of Christians US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened military action against Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, over the government’s alleged failure to protect Christian communities, who...

A museum in motion: Where memory, creativity and cultural ju...

In this interview with Africa Renewal’s Franck Kuwonu the Director of the Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar Mohamed Abdallah Ly reflects on the urgent need to decolonize cultural institutions, the symbolism of absence, and the politics of...

U.S. Embassy Issues Urgent Evacuation Alert For Americans In Mali

The security situation in Mali has reached a critical tipping point, prompting immediate action from American diplomatic officials. What started as regional tensions has now escalated into a full-scale crisis that threatens the safety of foreign...