The African Cup of Nations game between Tunisia and Mali ended in chaos on Wednesday after the referee blew the full-time whistle too early.
Read More »Terrorists Planning To Attack Abuja, Immigration Places Officers On Alert
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has raised the alarm about an imminent attack on Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, by foreign terrorists.
Read More »Nigeria Deploys Troops In Mali For Peacekeeping
A contingent of 62 troops of the Martin Luther Agwai International leadership and peacekeeping center (MLAILPKC) has been deployed in Mali for the multi-Dimensional integrated stabilization Mission (MINUSMA).
Read More »Mali Interim President Targeted In Stabbing Attack During Eid Prayers
Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita has been targeted in an attempted stabbing attack during Eid al-Adha prayers, according to Al-Jazeera.
Read More »Mali’s Colonel Assimi Goita sworn in as transitional president
Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita was sworn in as transitional president of the chronically unstable Sahel state on Monday, an AFP journalist saw.
Read More »Goodluck Jonathan facilitated the release of Mali’s President, Prime Minister from detention
Leaders of Mali’s military have released interim president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane from detention following intervention from former President Goodluck Jonathan who is the mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Mali.
Read More »Col Assimi Goïta: Mali junta leader declares himself president
The head of the former junta in Mali, Col Assimi Goïta, has declared himself the country’s transitional president, after stripping the country’s interim president and former prime minister of their powers.
Read More »French journalist kidnapped in Mali appears in video asking for help
The head of Reporters Without Borders says that French journalist Olivier Dubois was kidnapped on April 8 while working in Mali’s northern city of Gao.
Read More »Ousted Mali President reject calls for his reinstatement, Jonathan tells Buhari
Ousted Malian President, Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, has turned down calls to be reinstated to power. ECOWAS Special Envoy and former President, Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this yesterday while briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the political crisis in Mali at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Read More »Mali coup leaders want three-year military rule, agree to free president
The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a source in a visiting West African delegation said Sunday.
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