May 25, 2013
Mali News
Cholera outbreak adds insult to injury in northern Mali
July 6, 2012In the wake of worsening insecurity in rebel occupied northern Mali, a cholera outbreak in an area some 20 kilometers from the city of Gao, while the UN Security Council has refused to support an ECOWAS intervention force.
ICRC raises concern over situation in northern Mali
June 28, 2012The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has drawn international attention to the seriousness of the situation in northern Mali and the plight of civilians, as 40 casualties are being treated in hospital from this week’s violence in the city of Gao.
Mali crisis having serious toll on tourism, hotel jobs
June 27, 2012The ongoing crisis in Mali amid Islamist rebels’ occupation of the north of the country is having a serious toll on tourism and other economic activities, with hotels empty as many are losing their jobs.
UK backs diplomacy to solve Mali crisis, gives £5.4m to food crisis
June 22, 2012Britain is in favor of a diplomatic approach in solving the Malian crisis, where rebel groups have partitioned the country with their occupation of the north, Stephen O’Brien, the country’s Development Minister has said.
ECOWAS forces poised for early deployment in Mali
June 19, 2012--Senegal, Nigeria & Niger commit troops
A sub-regional force code named, the ECOWAS Mission in Mali (MICAM) will shortly be deployed in the West African nation, "to stabilize and to strengthen" the institutions of transitional government in Bamako, and also support the Malian army."
Donors’ contributions not matching scale of Mali emergency
June 14, 2012Some time ago, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR together with the WFP made a donors appeal for support to address the huge humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the worsening security situation in Mali.
Mali junta dissolved but members absorbed to crush rebels
June 11, 2012Mali’s military junta of Captain Amadou Sanogo has been dissolved, an announcement by the interim authorities said in Bamako over the weekend.
Preventing, combatting rise of terror networks in West Africa
June 8, 2012Transnational violent networks have drastically increased in Africa over the years, with the fruits now being clearly seen in the likes of Ansar Dine in northern Mali and Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Insecurity heightens locust invasion threat in Mali, Niger--FAO
June 6, 2012The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that a locust invasion, previously controlled by the late Gaddafi government and Algeria, is threatening croplands in Niger and Mali.
Mali Premier mobilizes army to flush out rebels from north
June 4, 2012It seems that Mali’s interim government in Bamako has had enough ot the MNLA and Islamist rebels’ occupation of the north.
Prime Minister Sheik Modibo Diarra, who is a career space scientist, has put the citizens on the war path and made a rallying call on the Malian armed forces to end the portioning of the country.
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