Mali's military junta says it thwarted an attempted coup last week led by "Western-backed" soldiers. The alleged foiled coup took place on the night between 11 and 12 May, the ...
Lawmakers in Mali have unanimously approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years. No date has yet been set for future polls. Elections had ...
Mali's transitional government has created working groups with members of West Africa's regional bloc, the African Union and the United Nations to work toward a return to constitutional order, it ...
The president of Ghana has warned that West Africa is in great danger as a result of recent coups in the region. At a key meeting of the Economic Community ...
West African leaders have imposed sanctions on Mali after the country’s military government announced a long delay to the elections originally planned for February. The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, ...
Military coups have been a regular occurrence in Africa in the decades since independence. Recent events in Guinea resulting in the ousting of President Condé are the latest example of ...
France is halting joint military operations with Mali over last week's coup in the West African country. It said the suspension would continue until it received guarantees about a return ...
Mali's transitional President Col Assimi Goïta has named Choguel Kokalla Maïga as the country's new civilian prime minister. Mr Maïga is a leader of the M5 RFP movement, the group ...
President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France would withdraw troops from Mali if political instability there leads to greater Islamist radicalisation. It follows a second coup in nine months in ...
Mali's former junta leader Col Assimi Goïta has declared himself the country's transitional president. He made the announcement after stripping interim President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane of their ...
