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Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

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“The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado”

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The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. In an attempt to stem the flow of jihadist propaganda which now risks overflowing into the coastal states, a number of security operations have been launched, among them Operation Barkhane, the G5 Sahel joint force, MINUSMA, and the Coalition for the Sahel. [...]

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. © Michele Cattani/AFP

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. [...]

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Antonio Guterres
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Forces armees maliennes
Guillaume N'gefa
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Guinea, Mali
Conakry acquires South African armoured vehicles

The Guinean junta, which hopes to deploy a second battalion of peacekeepers to the UN mission in Mali, has ordered 25 armoured personnel carriers from the South African firm OTT Technologies. The contingent could be deployed at the earliest in early 2024.

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Mali
Malian junta fearful of ICC referral following damning report on Moura massacre

With the junta refusing to respond to the report on Moura, the UN human rights office has decided to go ahead and publish its findings on the 2022 massacre. These findings, and a possible referral to both the ICC and the ECOWAS Court of Justice, are of concern to Bamako.

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A Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) soldier in Ndaki in July 2019.

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.

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Northern Mali: the junta's secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins

The junta's control over turbulent northern Mali has waned, if not evaporated entirely. It has failed to impose its rule in Timbuktu and Gao, and has forged alliances with figures involved in drug trafficking and linked to jihadist movements.

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Activists of a Tuareg political-military movement in northern Mali in 2020.

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Chad, Togo and Ivory Coast vie for blue helmet contracts

Amid Europe's gradual military withdrawal from Mali and as peacekeeping needs grow in the Central African Republic, three states are jostling for lucrative troop contribution contracts. But the UN's strict rules on equipment and training place tall hurdles in the way of their ambitions.

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A Chadian MINUSMA soldier parades during a visit by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous to Tessalit, Mali, in March 2013.

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

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Guinea, Mali
Conakry acquires South African armoured vehicles

Mali
Malian junta fearful of ICC referral following damning report on Moura massacre

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Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

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Northern Mali: the junta's secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins

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Chad, Togo and Ivory Coast vie for blue helmet contracts