Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign military charter to counter ‘external aggression’

Mali leader Assimi Goita, Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré and Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tchiani form a pact to protect themselves

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have signed a security pact, known as the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS)

UN to pull out 13,000 Peacekeepers from Mali. Assimi Goita of Mali

UN Initiates Unprecedented 6-Month Withdrawal of 13,000 Peacekeepers from Mali, Following Orders of Country’s Military Leader

August 29, 2023

According to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the UN is currently in the midst of an "unprecedented" six-month withdrawal from Mali at the request of the West African nation's military junta,...

Burkina and Mali leaders pledge support to Niger

Mali and Burkina Faso release statement pledging support for Niger’s military coup.

by Abia Noumbissi

August 1, 2023

On Monday, 31 July, Mali and Burkina Faso released a joint statement pledging their support for Niger’s sovereignty and newly appointed military government. “All military intervention against Niger would be...

Three Military Leaders in Guinea, Mali and Burkina-Faso vow a mutual defence if ECOWAS intervenes militarily in Niger

Three Military Leaders in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina-Faso vow mutual defense if ECOWAS intervenes militarily in Niger

by Mimi Mefo Info

August 1, 2023

Three West African nations in Guinean Burkina-Faso and Mali ruled by mutinous Soldiers, have vowed a mutual military action if West African leaders carry out any military intervention in Niger. ...

Niger: Le Mali et le Burkina promettent une riposte en cas d’intervention militaire

by Mimi Mefo Info

August 1, 2023

Les deux pays ont signifié leur position commune dans un communiqué conjoint C'est un nouveau développement qui surprend dans la crise en cours au Niger. Et pour cause, l'on a...

Mali Stops issuing visas to Cameroonians

Malian government blacklists Cameroonians, stops issuing residence visas

by Mimi Mefo Info

July 20, 2023

Cameroonian citizens living in Mali say the Malian government has suddenly stopped issuing residence permits to Cameroonians in Mali. Sources in Mali claim the decision has affected only Cameroonians, but...

La CAF dévoile le tirage au sort Afrique, des qualifications de la Coupe du monde 2026

by Mimi Mefo Info

July 13, 2023

Les 54 sélections en lice sont réparties en neuf groupes de 6 équipes chacun. L'élargissement de la Coupe du monde 2026 va permettre au continent africain d’envoyer 9 à 10...

US Sanctions Head of Wagner Group in Mali, two others, for human rights violations and supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine

by Mimi Mefo Info

June 1, 2023

By Abia Noumbissi The United States treasury placed sanctions on Ivan Maslov, unit chief of Wagner, a Russian private military group in Mali, as well as two high-ranking Malian soldiers,...

Mali