While he thought he was exposing their new rival in the Sahel (the Russian group named Wagner), French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian instead unwittingly heightened doubt about the purity of his nation’s intentions towards Mali and the other countries of the Sahel.
Interviewed by the French magazine L’Équipe on Tuesday, Janny Sikazwe, the very controversial referee who had twice interrupted the AFCON match between Mali and Tunisia (1-0) on January 12, has finally explained himself.
The Malian government has just ordered the French ambassador, Joël Meyer, to leave the country within 72 hours, France 24 announces this afternoon.
The French presidency has just announced the assassination of another French soldier in Mali, during an attack on the Barkhane military camp on Saturday afternoon, January 22, 2022. Brigadier Alexandre Martin becomes the 53rd French soldier killed in the fight in the Sahel since 2013. The statement expressed President Emmanuel Macron’s “very strong emotion” at…
The former Malian head of state, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, overthrown in August 2020 by soldiers, died on Sunday January 16, 2022, at his home in Bamako, his family said.
Le président déchu du Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, est décédé à l’âge de 76 ans, ont annoncé sa famille et d’anciens collègues ce dimanche 16 janvier 2022.
Amidst a controversy because of his decisions at the end of the match, Wednesday, the referee of Mali-Tunisia has allegedly been taken to hospital for examinations due to a sunstroke.
The Mali-Tunisia match of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021) had an unbelievable end, with a premature final whistle which angered the Tunisians. Malians later returned to the field, but their opponents didn’t accept the offer. While Mali was leading (1-0) in group F first match against Tunisia, the end of the match turned…
Guinea dissociates itself from the sanctions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against Mali and affirms its solidarity with its neighbor to the north.
Mali’s military junta “strongly” condemned the “illegal” sanctions imposed on the country by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), following Sunday’s double summit in Accra.
