News Mali: Mali Steps Up Crackdown on Illegal Gold Mining with New Special Brigade
Mali approved the creation of a Special Mines Brigadeto intensify the fight against illegal gold mining. Undeclared artisanal gold production may reach 30–57 tonnes annually, far above the official ...
News Mali: Mali Targets Informal Gold Trade With New Agency to Capture Lost Output
Mali creates new agency to regulate artisanal gold flows Up to 30 tons of gold go undeclared each year, with wider gaps over time Model draws on Burkina Faso’s success in formalizing the sector Mali ...
News Mali: Mali: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board extends Immediate Debt Service Relief for another Six Months
On October 30, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a second six-month tranche of debt service relief for Mali under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) without a meeting; the relief on debt service will free up scarce financial resources to continue strengthening the country’s medical care capacity and addressing the social and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.
News Mali: The IRC partners with the EU to support crisis-affected populations in Mali with life-saving healthcare
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is running critical healthcare programs in the Koulikoro, Ménaka and Mopti regions of Mali, including screening and treatment of acute malnutrition in young children, improving access to primary and secondary healthcare, and protection and response initiatives to support affected populations such as pregnant women.
News Mali: Mali’s army and Russian mercenaries accused of killing dozens of civilians in Kidal region
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Civil society groups and community members in northern Mali say that Malian soldiers and mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group have killed dozens of civilians during a military ...
News Mali: Mali rebels fighting in Gao; car explodes in Kidal
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamic extremists clashed with military in Mali’s northern city of Gao, a military official said Thursday, as French forces continued their push to eliminate remnants of ...
News Mali: ETFs vs. mutual funds: Key differences for investors
Exchange-traded funds and mutual funds are similar but also have key differences that may be significant for investors. ETFs tend to be cheaper and save investors money on taxes, experts said. ETFs ...
News Mali: Mali Denies Reports of New Sahelian Currency Launch
Mali dismissed reports about the imminent introduction of a new currency for the Alliance of Sahel States, which includes Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. The countries, having formed the AES bloc, were rumored to be launching a currency, which Mali's finance ministry discredited as fake news.
News Mali: Promoting Commercial Agriculture in Mali
The Agricultural Competitiveness and Diversification Project (ACDP) aims to improve the performance of agricultural and livestock value chains, for which Mali has a comparative advantage. Commercial ...
News Mali: Mali’s government has pledged to empower women in agriculture
Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world, with more than half of its 17 million people living on less than $1.25 USD a day. For the past five years, Mali has experienced a multi-dimensional ...
News Mali: Mali financial union extends strike until detained members released
The National Union of Banks, Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions, and Businesses of Mali (SYNABEF) announced Saturday that it would prolong its work stoppage from June 9 until authorities ...
News Mali: Mali adopts new mining code that boosts state interests
Mali adopted a new mining code on Tuesday that mining sector officials said would channel a greater share of revenue to state coffers and increase state and private Malian interests in new projects.
News Mali: Mali demotes French, language of its former colonizer, in symbolic move
Each time Chérif Keïta, a professor at Carleton College in Minnesota, lands in his native Mali and enters a taxi, he hears fewer radio hosts speaking French. Some commentators mix French with ...
News Mali: Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken
Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "taking advantage" of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC. The country has been ruled by a junta following the ousting of ...
News Mali: Mali's new constitution adopted after court validation
The Constitutional Court in Mali has endorsed the final result of last month's referendum on forming a new constitution. With nearly 97 percent of the vote in favour, it is a major boost to the military…
News Mali: Malians who thrived with arrival of UN peacekeeping mission fear economic fallout from its departure
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Nearly 10 years ago, Mariame Coulibaly Sangare lost everything when armed violence in northern Mali forced her to flee her home. Desperate for money, she saw an opportunity with the arrival of a new United Nations peacekeeping mission in the West African nation’s capital, Bamako. Sangare left her previous job of […]
News Mali: Mali Influencer Jailed For Junta Criticism: Lawyer
A Malian influencer was jailed for a year on Wednesday for criticising the ruling junta, her lawyer said, as the troubled Sahel state's military clamps down on dissent.
News Mali: Malians who thrived with arrival of U.N. peacekeeping mission fear economic fallout from departure
Nearly 10 years ago, Mariame Coulibaly Sangare lost everything when armed violence in northern Mali forced her to flee her home. Desperate for money, she saw an opportunity with the arrival of a new United Nations peacekeeping mission in the West African nation's capital, Bamako.
