Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.Tens of thousands of people from Mali and elsewhere in the region flock each February to the town of Segou,

Security sector reforms that began well before the country's two coups still suffer from a lack of effective civil society participation.Since its 2020 and 2021 military coups, Mali has been undergoing a prolonged political transition.

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in northeastern Mali on February 7, 2025, killing at least 34 civilians and injuring 34 others.

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over its mining assets in the West African country, four people familiar with the developments told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Front for the Liberation of Azawad, the Tuareg independence movement based in the country’s north, accused the Malian soldiers and Russian Wagner Group mercenaries of intercepting two civilian vehicles bound for Algeria from the eastern Malian city of Gao and “coldly executing” at least 24 people among the passengers on Monday.

Twenty-four civilians died when mercenaries opened fire on a convoy in a revenge attack after a battle, rebels claim

Robex Resources Inc. ("Robex”, the "Company” or the "Issuer”) (TSXV: RBX) is pleased to announce the closing of the convention, compliant with the 2023 Mining code, with the government of Mali. The convention has now been signed by the Government as per the terms signed on the 12 th of September 2024 and approved by the council of ministers on the 13 th of February 2025.

Mali’s army says it’s investigating soldiers who were accused by separatist Tuareg rebels of killing at least 24 civilians earlier this week

Mali is undergoing a broader digital transformation drive with the government working to digitize all public services within the next few years.

As Mali's mining sector faces growing tensions -- highlighted by the recent seizure of gold stocks from the Canadian company Barrick by the military government -- questions about economic sovereignty and mining governance have become more relevant than ever.

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali's army said it's investigating soldiers who were accused by separatist Tuareg rebels of killing at least 24 civilians earlier this week, in a rare probe of human rights ...

Mali late last week gave Barrick a one-week deadline to restart operations, four of the sources said. A new agreement with Mali would give a bump to Barrick's operations at a time when the gold ...