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Islamist militants in Mali began a blockade of Timbuktu by cutting road access in August and then shut off river and air routes in an offensive that has put the city once again on the frontline of ...
In the central Mali province of Mopti, conflict has escalated since 2015 between agricultural communities like the Dogon and the Bambara, and the pastoral Fula (or Fulani) people. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Historically, the two sides have fought over access to land and water, factors which have been exacerbated by climate change as the Fula move into new ...
Mali's army and Wagner mercenaries it has employed experienced a major battlefield defeat in July, suffering heavy losses at the hands of Tuareg rebels in the northern outpost of Tinzawaten.
The attacks began in the early morning of 17 September 2024 at around 05:00, [7] when gunmen attacked several locations across Bamako including the Banankabougou neighbourhood, [4] the Faladie military police school [8] housing elite units of the Malian gendarmerie [9] in the southeast of Bamako, and the nearby military airport, [4] which the JNIM claimed to have fully taken. [2]
September 8 – September 2023 Mali attacks: Four suicide bombers attack a Malian military base in Bamba, Gao Region, killing an unknown number of people. [8] September 16: The military governments of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso sign a mutual defence pact named the Alliance of Sahel States in case of internal rebellion or external military ...
SAN, Mali (AP) — Thousands of fishermen holding cone-shaped nets stood side by side, cheering and chanting as they waited for the signal. Suddenly, they rushed to a large muddy pond and cast ...
Mali, like many other African countries, engage in female genital cutting practices, which negatively impact women's health. [64] Female genital cutting often occurs between the ages of 4 and 8, and results in hemorrhage, shock, pain, damage to organs, urinary infections, and other serious diseases. [ 64 ]
Mali has been in a drought for decades now and it is really affecting the country. Soil erosion, deforestation, and loss of pasture land are all major problems in Mali. Mali also has a shortening water supply. [1] To help sustain Mali's ever-growing problem the government has assigned 3.7 percent of Mali’s total land area protected.