9News Nigeria current news and updates on the African country of Mali.
La publication d’actualités de la 2e conférence annuelle biannuelle de la All Africa Baptist Youth Fellowship de la région occidentale tenue à la République du Read more
A coalition of Northern groups under the auspices of Conference of Authoctonous Ethnic Nationalities Communities Development Associations (CONAECDA) has vowed to repel further attacks and Read more
Mali’s transitional president and prime minister resigned during mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top Read more
ACCRA (9News Nigeria) – West African mediators failed to persuade leaders of a military coup in Mali to immediately hand over power to a civilian Read more
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, leaves Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States Read more
BAMAKO (9News Nigeria) – U.N. human rights officials met overnight with Mali’s ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other officials who have been held by Read more
Mali’s president and prime minister have been detained by mutinying soldiers on Tuesday night, according to a regional official. The two leaders were taken into Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday depart for Bamako, the Republic of Mali on a one-day visit. This is according to a statement by the Read more
BAMAKO (9News Nigeria) – An influential opposition group in Mali rejected a proposal by regional mediators on Sunday aimed at ending a political crisis in Read more
Victoria Oshioke, a victim of human trafficking has narrated how her boyfriend sold her into prostitution for 500,000 cefa (N350,000). Speaking to Daily Trust, the 18-year-old girl who Read more
BAMAKO (Reuters) – At least 53 soldiers and one civilian have been killed in an attack on an army post in northern Mali, the government Read more
Militants disguised as UN peacekeepers exploded two suicide car bombs and fired dozens of rockets at the French and United Nations bases in Mali’s northern Read more
Nearly 100 people have been killed in an overnight attack on a village in central Mali . Attackers believed to be from the Fulani ethnic Read more
Vowing once again to crack down on spiralling insecurity, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday visited the site of a massacre in which gunmen Read more
A joint operation by the Malian army and the French anti-jihadist force Barkhane, underway in northeastern Mali, has resulted in the “neutralization” of some 20 Read more
Mali’s constitutional court has given 24 candidates the green light to run in the country’s upcoming presidential election, set for July 29 with campaigns now Read more
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has shelved plans for a referendum on constitutional reforms that have been met with opposition and ignited regular street protests, Read more
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s government said on Wednesday it was delaying a July 9 referendum on constitutional amendments that would reinforce presidential powers and create Read more
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to the leader of Mali after Sunday’s attack on a luxury resort in the country, and pledged Read more
DAKAR (Reuters) – Malian security forces have killed five militants involved in an attack at the weekend on a luxury resort popular with Western expatriates Read more
Mali’s National Assembly has voted to extend a state of emergency by six months in a bid to quell an upsurge in attacks by Islamist Read more
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita replaced his prime minister late on Saturday, naming the defense minister to head the government of the West African nation, Read more
A French soldier was killed in Mali after a clash with armed militants, French President Francois Hollande’s office said on Thursday, highlighting instability in the Read more
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German military plans to beef up security for a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali by deploying a number of tethered aerostats Read more
By Souleymane Ag Anara GAO, Mali (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s North African affiliate said a suicide bomb attack on a military camp in northern Mali Read more
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Twenty-five people were killed and others were injured when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated on Wednesday at a military camp in Read more
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Authorities in Mali have arrested a man believed to be linked to an al Qaeda attack on a beach resort town in Read more
GAO, Mali (Reuters) – Militants have struck two airports in northern Mali with an explosives-laden truck and rockets, residents and a security source said on Read more
* Waning fortunes of Fulani herders play into Islamist hands * Climate change drying up Niger, exacerbating conflict * Risk of revolt spreading to other countries Read more
BAMAKO (Reuters) – A militia in central Mali that represents ethnic Peuhls said on Saturday it would lay down its arms in a boost for Read more
Copyright © 2024 | 9News Nigeria by Nine Communications Nig Ltd
