Vol 62 No 23 | MALI Meeting Moscow, battling Brussels 18th November 2021 European Union sanctions on those who impede the transition back to democracy, following those imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), deepens confrontation with Bamako...
Vol 62 No 23 | MALIRUSSIAUNITED NATIONS Bamako and Moscow defy Paris 11th November 2021 The Malian foreign minister's trip to Moscow will be read as a slap in Paris's face as the junta deepens relations with President Putin's government The visit by Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop to Moscow on 11 November flies in the face of French government complaints about Russia's state-backed mercenaries and their allied...
Vol 62 No 20 | MALI Toxic relationship in the Sahel 7th October 2021 Moscow's military support for Mali's junta is raising tensions with France, and risks opening up old wounds in the north Russia has delivered four military helicopters to Mali's military regime, just as the country's latest public row with former colonial power France floods the Bamako and Paris media...
Vol 62 No 19 | MALI The Wagner act 23rd September 2021 The Kremlin was categorical on 15 September when its spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told media that there were no talks ongoing between Russia and Mali about military cooperation or...
Vol 62 No 15 | CÔTE D'IVOIREMALI Warrant worries 22nd July 2021 The junta in Bamako may have been hoping for a boost with reports on 5 July that a court in the capital had issued an international warrant for...
Vol 62 No 14 | MALI Paris makes up with the junta 8th July 2021 France resumes joint operations against jihadists as familiar civilian politicians line up to 'receive' power from the military – eventually The governments of France and Mali's regional neighbours are getting used to the colonels on whose approval the Bamako transitional government depends. On 2 July, setting the official...
Vol 62 No 11 | MALI Don't call it a coup 27th May 2021 Instead of heading a new transitional government, two of Mali's top three caretaker heavyweights, President Bah N'Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane found themselves held in military headquarters...
Vol 62 No 2 | MALI Outstaying welcomes 21st January 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on 19 January that he would be reviewing the deployment of soldiers to Opération Barkhane in the Sahel due to 'good results' in...
Vol 62 No 1 | MALI Bumps in the road ahead 7th January 2021 The caretaker government explores talks with jihadist leaders while it keeps its military alliance with France The death from Covid-19 of opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé on 25 December, has robbed Mali of the clear favourite for the presidential election due to take place by...
Vol 61 No 21 | MALI Jihadists trade up 22nd October 2020 The deal that saw Jama'a Nusrat ul Islam wa al Muslimin?(JNIM), the Malian branch of Al Qaida led by Iyad ag Ghaly, exchange four hostages for 204 presumed...