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Mali
Amnesty International and FIDH suspend activities in Mali

Amnesty International and the International Federation for Human Rights have suspended their activities in Mali after pressure and attempts by the military junta to infiltrate their local branches.

Subscribers only Politics 18.04.2023

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

The UN mission in Mali has been hampered politically and operationally by the ruling junta. The UN secretary-general is now drawing up a list of conditions the junta must meet if the mission is to stay on in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.04.2023

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the ceremony of Peacekeepers' Day at the operating base of MINUSMA in Bamako on 29 May 2018.

Spotlight | Guinea
Doumbouya looks to strengthen Guinea's defences against jihadist threat

Fearful that jihadist violence could spill over from neighbouring Mali, the Guinean junta is seeking to improve border security. Having ended Guinea's discreet collaboration with the Jordanian secret services, it has now turned to Washington and Brussels for help, but so far in vain.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 24.03.2023

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

The UN mission's human rights team will soon be publishing its findings regarding events in the Malian village of Moura last March, when between 200 and 600 civilians are thought to have been killed. The report points the finger directly at the Malian army and its Wagner allies.

Free access Diplomacy 16.03.2023

Mali
MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Operationally hamstrung by the junta in Bamako and lacking a clear political objective given the fragility of the Algiers accord, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali is nevertheless expected to remain in place, at least until 2024.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 01.03.2023

Niger
Niamey looks to rid itself of Western arms donations maintenance headache

Rather than counting on donations of American and French military hardware to strengthen the country's armed forces, defence minister Alkassoum Indatou is now trying to negotiate contracts directly with defence companies.

Subscribers only Defence 21.02.2023

Central African Republic
MINUSCA still waiting for Ivorian peacekeepers

The deployment of a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) of Ivorian peacekeepers to boost the UN mission, MINUSCA, in the Central African Republic was first broached in 2021 but has not yet happened. The troops should however arrive by mid-2023.

Subscribers only Defence 14.02.2023

Mali
Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

The leader of the jihadist JNIM group and the retired army general have met to map out a joint plan to fight Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and take advantage of Bamako's weakness.

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2023

Mali
Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba becomes new MINUSMA spokesperson

MINUSMA | The UN peacekeeping mission finally has a new spokesperson: the UNHCR veteran Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.02.2023

West Africa
New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

An increasing number of potential candidates for the leadership of the UN's West Africa and Sahel regional office UNOWAS is being put forward.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.02.2023

Western Sahara
Global Helicopter Service lands MINURSO contract in Laayoune

German private sector operator Global Helicopter Service (GHS) has won a $23m contract from the United Nations for the supply of transport helicopters to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

Subscribers only Defence 26.01.2023

Mali
MINUSMA plans ahead after mass withdrawals announced

With the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Ivory Coast and Benin, expressing their wish to withdraw their peacekeeping contingents from the MINUSMA mission in Mali, the United Nation's Department of Peace Operations (DPO) has been trying to compensate for the expected loss of peacekeepers.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.01.2023

Libya
UK diplomat Joanne Adamson eyes number two job in UN Libya mission

Washington is backing its candidate Kenneth Gluck for the number two job in the UNSMIL, but London wants the position to go to its diplomat Joanne Adamson, who is currently serving with MINUSMA in Mali.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.01.2023

Algeria, France, Senegal
The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

When he arrives in Dakar on 20 December, the French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin will once more be accompanied by his adviser, Alexandre Diebolt, who has been at his side since this summer.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 20.12.2022

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin (right) alongside Alexandre Diebolt, in Algiers on 9 October 2022.

In Focus | Mali, Senegal
From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

The High Serigne of Dakar and the chief of the Kel Ansar Tuareg tribe have begun a discreet operation to bring together traditional West African chiefs. Backed by presidents Macky Sall and Assimi Goïta, they are looking to set up a tool for crisis mediation.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 19.12.2022

The High Serigne of Dakar and the chief of the Kel Ansar Tuareg tribe are spearheading an initiative to unify West Africa's traditional leaders.

Spotlight | Mali, UN
Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

With several contingents pulling out of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, its commander El Ghassim Wane has been on a round-the-world trip to discuss its future. He is to deliver a report in the coming days that for the first time should raise the possibility of ending the nearly decade-long mission.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.12.2022

The head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), El Ghassim Wane, in Bamako, on October 2021.

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

MINUSMA

Mali
Amnesty International and FIDH suspend activities in Mali

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Spotlight | Guinea
Doumbouya looks to strengthen Guinea's defences against jihadist threat

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

Mali
MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Niger
Niamey looks to rid itself of Western arms donations maintenance headache

Central African Republic
MINUSCA still waiting for Ivorian peacekeepers

Mali
Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

Mali
Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba becomes new MINUSMA spokesperson

West Africa
New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

Western Sahara
Global Helicopter Service lands MINURSO contract in Laayoune

Mali
MINUSMA plans ahead after mass withdrawals announced

Libya
UK diplomat Joanne Adamson eyes number two job in UN Libya mission

Algeria, France, Senegal
The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

In Focus | Mali, Senegal
From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

Spotlight | Mali, UN
Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

Sahel
Berlin and Rome work to counter Moscow's propaganda in Sahel

France, Germany
French-German parliamentary diplomacy ramps up over the Sahel

Mali
MINUSMA head visits Berlin and Paris to discuss strategic review

West Africa
MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

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MINUSMA

Mali Amnesty International and FIDH suspend activities in Mali

Mali Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Spotlight | Guinea Doumbouya looks to strengthen Guinea's defences against jihadist threat

Mali MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

Mali MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Niger Niamey looks to rid itself of Western arms donations maintenance headache

Central African Republic MINUSCA still waiting for Ivorian peacekeepers

Mali Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

Mali Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba becomes new MINUSMA spokesperson

West Africa New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

Western Sahara Global Helicopter Service lands MINURSO contract in Laayoune

Mali MINUSMA plans ahead after mass withdrawals announced

Libya UK diplomat Joanne Adamson eyes number two job in UN Libya mission

Algeria, France, Senegal The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

In Focus | Mali, Senegal From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

Spotlight | Mali, UN Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

Sahel Berlin and Rome work to counter Moscow's propaganda in Sahel

France, Germany French-German parliamentary diplomacy ramps up over the Sahel

Mali MINUSMA head visits Berlin and Paris to discuss strategic review

West Africa MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali
Amnesty International and FIDH suspend activities in Mali

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Spotlight | Guinea
Doumbouya looks to strengthen Guinea's defences against jihadist threat

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

Mali
MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Niger
Niamey looks to rid itself of Western arms donations maintenance headache

Central African Republic
MINUSCA still waiting for Ivorian peacekeepers

Mali
Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

Mali
Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba becomes new MINUSMA spokesperson

West Africa
New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

Western Sahara
Global Helicopter Service lands MINURSO contract in Laayoune

Mali
MINUSMA plans ahead after mass withdrawals announced

Libya
UK diplomat Joanne Adamson eyes number two job in UN Libya mission

Algeria, France, Senegal
The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

In Focus | Mali, Senegal
From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

Spotlight | Mali, UN
Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

Sahel
Berlin and Rome work to counter Moscow's propaganda in Sahel

France, Germany
French-German parliamentary diplomacy ramps up over the Sahel

Mali
MINUSMA head visits Berlin and Paris to discuss strategic review

West Africa
MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft