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German troops spotted several dozen Russian security forces at Gao airport in northern Mali on Monday, the day the last French soldiers completed their operations and left the country, Reuters reported citing a German military document dated Tuesday. The document said 20 to 30 persons in military uniforms not belonging …

The Senegalese president, head of the African Union, Macky Sall was in Bamako, the Malian capital, to meet authorities on the case of the arrest of 49 Ivorian soldiers for more than a month now, accused of plotting a coup. President Macky Sall discussed with his Malian counterpart about the …

Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga has been placed on “forced rest” by his doctor as he suffers from a stroke, Jeune Afrique reported, citing a statement from the primacy. “The prime Minister will resume his activities next week Insh’allah,” the statement said. Appointed Prime Minister of the transition on June …

The forty-nine Ivorian soldiers arrested for over a month in Mali after on accusation of being mercenaries have now been charged and remanded in custody, reports say. Although the Ivorian authorities have denied the charges and called for their release, the 49 soldiers are still in detention, accused of attempting …

Malian transitional government on Wednesday announced a three-day national mourning after confirming the death on Sunday of 42 Malian soldiers in the east. The attack is attributed to jihadists in the northeast of the country, near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger. The security forces for their part neutralized …

Militants killed 17 Malian soldiers and four civilians in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing army source. Nine soldiers were also reported missing and vehicles and equipment were destroyed, it said in a statement released late on Monday, adding that it suspected an Islamic …

At least 18 people, including 15 members of the Malian security forces, have been killed in coordinated attacks in the southwest of the country where jihadist insurgency is raging, the army said. Assaults on military camps in Sokolo and near Kalumba were repulsed with almost 50 militants being killed. A …

The United Nations mission in Mali (Minusma) expressed in a press release its regrets, following the expulsion of its spokesperson, Olivier Salgado, in this West African country. Mr Salgado angered Mali’s leaders by saying they had been informed of the arrival of Ivorian soldiers, whom the army-led government accused of …

Forty-nine Ivorian soldiers said to have been joining a contingent of the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) were arrested in Bamako on Sunday, amid speculation of a coup attempt, Malian media reported. The arrested soldiers reportedly did not have the UN mission authorisation and were “all all brought in two …

More than 130 civilians have been killed in central Mali in attacks attributed to Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists, local media reported. This tragedy is one of the country’s worst known massacres and the latest in an ongoing series of killings across the country. Local elected officials have reported scenes of systematic massacres …