Tag: Mali
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Mali’s military government presents new constitution project
Mali coup leader, Col. Assimi Goita, has presented a new constitution project for the country. This decision comes just days after the junta announced on June 6 it would stay in power for two additional years, before organizing democratic elections in March 2024. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the leader of Mali’s military transitional government created…
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Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbe kicks out Army Minister, Army Chief
Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbe. has dismissed the country’s armed forces minister and appointed a new chief of staff as part of a major military reshuffle announced on state television. The presidential decrees, announced late Thursday, specify no reasons for the reshuffle, but the changes come as the small West African country faces a growing threat…
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Dozens die in attack on 2 military outposts
Dozens of government troops, civilians and extremists have been killed and injured in attacks on two military outposts in Mali, the country’s army reported early on Thursday. In the fighting following the attacks in the towns of Sokolo and Kalumba in the centre of the West African country early on Wednesday morning, 15 government soldiers,…
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Antonio Guterres condemns attack on peacekeeper in Mali
UN Secretary-General con Sunday strongly condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet. The Guinean peacekeeper was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated during a UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mine detection operation.
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Buhari calls on ECOWAS to revisit Jonathan’s report on Mali
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on ECOWAS leaders to revisit the report presented by former President Goodluck Jonathan, the ECOWAS Mediator on Mali, on a transition timetable for the West African country. Buhari noted that Jonathan had recommended a 16- month transitional timeframe ‘‘as well as his further personal appeals and observations to us to…
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ICRC condemns killing of 2 aid workers in Mali
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has condemned the killing of two of its aid workers in Mali. ICRC said the two victims, employees of Dutch Red Cross and the Malian Red Cross, were returning from the town of Kayes in Western Mali on Wednesday when their vehicle came under fire from unknown…
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Ogun police arrest man who sold wife, son for 2million naira
A man aged 36 years whose name has been given as Kingsley Essien is cooling off in police cell for allegedly selling his Wife and two-year-old son for a sum of 2 million naira It was gathered that his wife was sold for 1.4 Million naira while he received 600,000 for the sale of his…
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Mali accuse France of violating its airspace to spy on troops
Mali’s military rulers have accused the French army of repeatedly violating controlled airspace over the country’s centre and north to “spy” on its forces, the latest escalation of tensions between Paris and Bamako. In a statement, the military government said that over 50 breaches of the West African country’s airspace had been recorded since the…
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Gernot Rohr set to land Eagles job for AFCON qualifiers
The Franco-German gaffer has been linked with the vacant coaching role of the Eagles of Mali, few weeks after the dismissal of former coach Mohamed Magassouba. Although axed by Nigeria Football Federation for not playing entertainment football, Rohr is still regarded as one of the best coaches and highly experienced in African football.
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French military bases in Mali to close for 6 months, says Macron
France will conduct closures of its military bases in Mali for an expected period of four to six months, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Paris said that Canada, France, and its allies in the European mission Takuba decided to begin coordinated withdrawal of troops from Mali due to disagreements.…