World Dec 25, 2021
The government "gives a formal denial to these baseless allegations" of "an alleged deployment of elements from a private security company in Mali," it said.
World Dec 24, 2021
Russian mercenaries deployed in eastern Ukraine and Mali, sources say
Russian mercenaries have deployed to separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine to bolster defenses against Ukrainian government forces as tensions between Moscow and the West rise.
World / Politics Mar 27, 2020
Mali opposition leader Soumalia Cisse abducted days before election
Gunmen abducted Soumaila Cisse, the leader of Mali's main opposition party, and members of his campaign team days before parliamentary polls. Cisse and his team were attacked as they campaigned for the vote on Sunday near the candidate's hometown of Niafunke in the north of ...
World / Social Issues Feb 7, 2020
At current rate, female genital mutilation will take centuries to eradicate, U.N. says
Female genital mutilation (FGM) will take centuries to eradicate despite world leaders promising to end the practice by 2030, according to United Nations data released on Thursday. FGM remains as common today as 30 years ago in Somalia, Mali, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Chad and Senegal, ...
World Jan 30, 2020
Mali will increase the size of its army by about 50 percent in a recruitment drive this year aimed at uprooting jihadist groups, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse said on Wednesday. The plan is to hire 10,000 new soldiers in the coming months to "allow our ...
World Nov 20, 2019
Burkina Faso accuses Mali of unauthorized military incursion
Burkina Faso's government said the Malian army had no authorization to cross into its territory to kill three people during a spate of ethnic violence last week. Malian officials were not available to comment, but the Malian army said on Saturday that its forces had ...
World Sep 15, 2019
ECOWAS leaders pledge $1 billion to fight Islamist threat in West Africa
West African leaders have pledged $1 billion to combat the spiraling threat of Islamist militancy in the region, the head of the regional ECOWAS bloc said on Saturday. Groups with links to al-Qaida and Islamic State have strengthened their foothold across the arid Sahel region ...
World Mar 24, 2019
As violence escalates, attack by ethnic militia on central Mali villages leaves 115 dead
An attack by members of an ethnic militia on three villages in central Mali claimed 115 lives, the latest clash in an increasingly violent conflict that is fueled by Islamist extremism. Another 46 were injured in the attack on ethnic Fulani villages on Saturday morning ...
World Apr 23, 2018
Loud explosions again rock northern Mali's Timbuktu near U.N. peacekeeper bases
Several loud explosions rocked the northern Mali city of Timbuktu on Sunday near military bases where one U.N peacekeeper was killed and seven French troops were wounded last weekend by Islamist militants, a resident and a U.N. source said. The U.N. source said that the ...
Soccer Mar 24, 2018
Shoya Nakajima capped his national team debut with a last-minute equalizer as Japan salvaged a 1-1 friendly draw with Mali on Friday. The 23-year-old striker, currently on loan with Portuguese club Portimonense, came on at the hour-mark. He displayed a knack for finding space among ...
Our Lives | BLACK EYE Oct 8, 2017
Vow to 'compete at the Japanese level' pays off for Oussouby Sacko, Kyoto Seika's next head
by Baye McNeil
In his rise up the ranks, Malian academic positioned himself as a bridge between Japan and the outside world.
Our Lives | BLACK EYE Oct 4, 2017
Kyoto Seika's next dean, Oussouby Sacko, was schooled in the violent tumult of '80s China
by Baye McNeil
Malian architect lived through protests by Chinese students targeting Africans just months before the Tiananmen Square massacre.