News Mali Trading: 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 Trading: 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 Trading: 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.
News Mali Trading: Military coups in West Africa, Wagner group and threat to Nigerian democracy
The recent military coup in Niger Republic is a threat to Nigerian democracy. The political landscape in the Sahel started changing dramatically in 2020 ...
News Mali Trading: Niger country profile
A vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert, Niger has seen a series of coups and political instability in the decades following independence from France in 1960. Today the country struggles ...
News Mali Trading: Russia’s promise of free grain reflects the Kremlin’s priorities in Africa.
The Russian leader made the overture days after pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal that benefited many countries on the continent.
News Mali Trading: Russia Sends African Ally Mali Wheat, Strengthening Ties
(Bloomberg) -- Russia is supplying wheat to Mali, bolstering ties with one of its strongest African allies. Most Read from BloombergUK Billionaire Joe Lewis Charged in US With Insider TradingChina Replaces Foreign Minister After Mysterious AbsenceRolex, Patek Prices to Keep Falling as Supplies Remain High, Morgan Stanley SaysNatWest CEO Alison Rose Steps Down After Nigel Farage RowTwitter Turning Into X Set to Kill Billions in Brand ValueNews of the shipments comes days after Russia ended an agr
News Mali Trading: U.S. blacklists officials who helped Wagner Group enter Mali
The Biden administration has blacklisted three Malian military officials accused of ushering the Russian mercenary Wagner Group into the West African nation.
News Mali Trading: Tech Executive Falls Victim to $450K Scam on Dating Site: The Cruel 'Pig-Butchering' Scheme Going Around
Shreya Datta spent months swiping through dating apps searching for a connection when she encountered "Ancel Mali," a self-proclaimed wine trader from France, on Hinge. Mali claimed he had recently relocated to West Philadelphia. Once they transitioned their conversation to WhatsApp, Mali swiftly deleted his Hinge profile, expressing a desire to prioritize their connection and focus solely on Datta. After engaging in online conversations filled with flirtatious emojis and selfies for a couple of
News Mali Trading: Venezuelan petcoke contract dispute fuels ship queues, hunt for options
The sudden suspension of a Venezuelan contract that had boosted its exports of petroleum coke has led to a bottleneck of vessels waiting to load and sent customers scrambling for alternative supplies, according to sources and data.
News Mali Trading: Places of Worship – Timbuktu Mosque
The great Malian king Mansa Musa, who ruled from 1312 to 1337 CE, became famous for his wealth, after performing the Hajj pilgrimage. On his return from Arabia in 1325 CE, he visited Timbuktu via the ...
News Mali Trading: Mauritania: Supporting Conflict Prevention & Social Cohesion in Mauritania
Deep in the heart of Southeastern Mauritania lies the district and town of Bassikounou, nestled on the border with neighboring Mali, over 1,200 kilometers from the capital city of Nouakchott.
News Mali Trading: Mali and the UN: Why peacekeepers are being told to leave
Mali has told the UN that its 12,000 peacemakers need to leave, after 10 years countering Islamist militants in the country. Last year, France withdrew its forces after military leaders seized control ...
News Mali Trading: Mali's top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave the country after more than 10 years
Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop demanded that UN peacekeepers, who have been present in the country for over a decade to address the Islamic insurgency, leave without delay. Diop claimed ...
News Mali Trading: U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali set to end on June 30
NAIROBI/DAKAR (Reuters) -A decade-long United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali is set to end on June 30, diplomats said on Tuesday, ahead of a Security Council vote on a draft resolution - seen by Reuters - that will give the 13,000-strong operation six months to withdraw. The planned end of the MINUSMA mission follows years of tensions between the U.N. and Mali's military junta that came to a head this month when Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop asked the force to leave "without delay".
News Mali Trading: Explainer-Why Mali is kicking out U.N. peacekeepers
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Friday to end a decade-long peacekeeping mission in Mali after the West African country's military junta abruptly asked the force to leave "without delay". Here is a look at MINUSMA's operations in Mali and why they are expected to end come Saturday. WHY ARE UN PEACEKEEPERS IN MALI?
News Mali Trading: UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali to End
The United Nations Security Council voted today to dissolve its beleaguered stabilization force in Mali, a serious blow to the future of human rights monitoring and protection of civilians in the conflict-torn region.
News Mali Trading: Wagner Group in Africa: What's its future after the mutiny?
Russia's presence in Africa heavily depends on the Wagner Group, headed by Yevgeny Prighozin. But now there is uncertainty about the private military company's role after its short-lived mutiny in Rus ...
