Tag: Mali
Over 25,000 trafficked Nigerian girls, women trapped in Mali – NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has disclosed that no fewer than 25,000 trafficked Nigerian women and girls are trapped...
Bomb kills three UN peacekeepers in Mali
At least three United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and five seriously wounded in central Mali when their convoy hit a roadside bomb, the...
Mali expels UN mission’s human rights chief
The Malian interim government says the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission’s human rights division has been asked to leave the country within...
German troops to quit from UN Mali mission May 2024
Plans are underway by Germany to withdraw its troops from the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024’.
This is according to a government...
Two UN peacekeepers killed, four injured in Mali explosion
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and four seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Monday.
This was...
Niger halts oil supplies to Mali
Data from the Federal Government on Tuesday indicated that the collapse of the national electricity grid that occurred the preceding day led to the...
Germany suspends military mission in Mali as diplomatic tension rises
Military operations of Germany in Mali have been suspended after the local military-led government denied flyover rights to a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
“The Malian...
Death toll rises to 42 in Mali army attack
Forty-two Malian soldiers died in an attack by suspected jihadists using drones artillery, authorities said Wednesday. This is the latest violent incident to rock...
Militants kill 15 soldiers, three civilians in Southern Mali attacks
Islamist militants attacked Mali's main military base, just outside the capital Bamako, on Friday in a complex attack involving car bombs, but the armed...
Mali government withdraws military from regional G5 Sahel force
Mali military government has said it is pulling out of a multinational military force in West Africa’s Sahel region combating an armed rebellion.
The G5...