Ramy Allahoum, Al Jazeera
- Sep 25, 2020
At 60 and with new rulers, Mali once again at a crossroads
Six decades after effectively gaining independence from France, Mali facing political uncertainty, major security woes. Sixty years since...
Eric Ross | Genocide Watch
- Aug 3, 2020
Genocide Emergency: Mali
Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency for Mali. Insurgents and security forces have killed thousands of civilians and created a...
Anita Powell | VOA News
- Aug 3, 2020
Attacks, Abuses On the Rise in Africa’s Sahel Region
JOHANNESBURG - While global attention remains centered on the coronavirus, a U.S. special envoy is sounding the alarm about crises in...
Corinne Dufka | Human Rights Watch
- Jul 2, 2020
Sahel: Atrocities by the security forces are fueling recruitment by armed Islamists
Since at least 2015, Islamist armed attacks on villages, markets, restaurants, convoys and churches in West Africa’s Sahel region have...
Reuters
- Jun 30, 2020
Sahel summit agrees need to intensify campaign against jihadists
International and regional powers agreed at talks on Tuesday to intensify a military campaign against Islamist militants in the West...
OHCHR
- Jun 26, 2020
580 killed in central Mali so far in 2020 as security worsens - Bachelet
580 civilians have been killed so far this year in central Mali, as a deteriorating security situation and widespread impunity undermine...
Joseph Stepanksy | Al Jazeera
- Jun 26, 2020
Challenges ahead as UN set to extend 'most dangerous' mission
The United Nations Security Council is expected next week to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA. Often dubbed...
