Mali has taken a bold step onto the international legal stage, launching a high-stakes arbitration case against Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). At the centre of this dispute over the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex is not only a multi-million-dollar tax controversy, but also a broader assertion…
Mali will participate in the Meeting of Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) responsible for the Advancement of Women and Gender. The meeting will be held from July 13 to 18 in Niamey, Niger. The announcement was made on Wednesday, July 9, during the Council of Ministers in Bamako. Background to the meeting…
Niamey, Sep 23 -The defense ministers of the G-5 Sahel group discussed a new strategy after Mali’s exit, at a meeting here, it was announced on Friday. Representatives of the member countries of the joint force plan to design a new configuration to adopt tactics to fight armed insurgents in the common space, according to…
Surrounded by his staff, the second in command of the GTIA KELETIGUI 1, Colonel Seydou Bassirou Niangado gave the details of the new reorganization of the said GTIA. It was during a general gathering of the mission held on Monday, April 18, 2022, in the compound of the Colonel Mohamed Ould Issa military camp in…
The Air Force received a batch of equipment comprising 2 MI-24P type combat helicopters, 4th generation radars and other combat equipment. The reception took place on Sunday, April 17, 2022, at Modibo Keïta International Airport in Bamako. It took place in the presence of the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Division General Oumar Diarra,…
The new Commander of Military Region No. 2 (Ségou) and Commander of Sector 5 of Operation Maliko, Colonel Youssouf Oumar Cissé, accompanied by some of his collaborators, made his first field visit. Forty-five days after taking command of the military region of Ségou, Colonel Cissé went to the camps and checkpoints in the localities of…
In the dynamics of the consolidation of achievements in the fight against terrorism, the GTIA KELETIGUI 1, under the leadership of the Malian military Commander-in-Chief, Colonel Seydou Bassirou Niangadou neutralized two terrorists of great renown. These two individuals are specialized in the installation of IEDs and the collection of zakats on the populations in the…
After the overwhelming intervention of the Army in Mourrah which resulted in its liberation from the yoke of terrorists last week, a government team led by the Minister of Reconciliation, Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué went on Saturday April 9 2022, on the spot. He carried the message of solidarity and support from the president of the…
Emerging reports indicated that a top Malian Jihadist, Amadou Kouffa, has been arrested. He was allegedly arrested while delivering sermon at a small village around Mopti. However, no official confirmation has been made by the Malian government.
Pushed towards the exit by the junta in power in Mali, France and its partners officially announced their military withdrawal from the country this Thursday, February 17. According to Emmanuel Macron, the military will now strengthen the armed forces of Niger and the countries of the Gulf of Guinea, which are the most exposed to attempts…
