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The Latest Breaking News from Mali

Mali vs Equatorial Guinea live stream: How can I watch AFCON game on TV in UK today?

The final match of the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 takes place tonight when Mali face Equatorial Guinea.

Evening Standard

Analysis-Burkina Faso coup a blow to France, as Sahel military mission unravels

The military coup in Burkina Faso deals another heavy blow to France's fading efforts to stabilise the Sahel region, where Islamist militants have grown in strength and people's attitudes towards former colonial masters have hardened.

Reuters

Pro-coup supporters rally in Burkina Faso as UN condemns takeover

Several hundred people gathered in the capital Ouagadougou to show support for the country’s new military government.

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France says committed to Sahel security ops, despite coups

An attempted coup in Burkina Faso and an earlier coup in Mali are no reason for France and its allies to end their security operation in the Sahel region against Islamist militants, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said in parliament on Tuesday.

Reuters

Mali vs Equatorial Guinea: Prediction, kick off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results - AFCON preview

Two surprise hopefuls for the Africa Cup of Nations crown will compete for a place in the quarter-finals in Limbe on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Denmark says its troops in Mali on basis of "clear invitation"

Denmark said on Tuesday its troops deployed to Mali as part of a French-led counter-terrorism task force were there on the basis of a "clear invitation", a day after Mali's transitional government demanded their immediate withdrawal.

Reuters

US trade pact suspensions: what it means for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea

Three African countries’ manufacturers have lost their tariff-free access to the US market this year. This follows the US decision in November last year to suspend Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The reason given for the decision was that it was in response to…

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Mali demands Denmark ‘immediately’ withdraw its special forces

Mali's military government on Monday called on Denmark to "immediately" withdraw its roughly 100 recently arrived special forces troops deployed in the troubled Sahel country.

France 24

Mali asks Denmark to immediately withdraw troops deployed there

Mali's government said on Monday it had asked Denmark to immediately withdraw troops deployed to the West African nation as part of a French-led counter-terrorism task force because it was not consulted and the deployment failed to follow protocol.

Reuters

From Algeria to Zimbabwe: how Africa's autocratic elites cycle in and out of power

In 2021, coups d’état ousted four heads of state in sub-Saharan Africa. Army interventions in Chad, Mali, Guinea and Sudan halted a years-long decline in military takeovers. Some heralded this as the comeback of the army in African politics.

The Conversation

Hit by sanctions, Mali faces price hikes and shortages of essential goods

Economic sanctions placed on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are causing inflation and food shortages in markets in the capital Bamako FRANCE 24’s James André reports.

France 24

French soldier dies in attack on anti-insurgent base in Mali

France says one of its soldiers has been killed in a mortar attack on a base in Mali

The Independent UK

French soldier killed in attack on military base in northern Mali

A French soldier has been killed in a mortar attack on a military camp in Gao, northern Mali, the Elysée Palace announced Sunday. Brigadier Alexandre Martin had been serving in France’s Barkhane operation in the restive Sahel region.

Radio France Internationale

French soldier killed in attack on military camp in northern Mali

A French soldier has died in Mali, the French defence ministry announced on Sunday, the latest loss coming as Paris ponders whether to stop providing military backup to the junta-run West African country.

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Acclaimed Franco-Malian director Ladj Ly opens free film school in Senegal

Ladj Ly, the director of Cannes Jury prize-winning film Les Miserables, this week opened Africa’s first free film school – in the Senegalese capital Dakar.

Al Jazeera

AFCON: Progress, elimination and the controversies so far

Al Jazeera lists down teams who qualified for the last-16, shock eliminations and controversies from the AFCON.

Daily Mirror

Nigeria tipped for Africa Cup of Nations glory as Mali named as surprise contenders

Johnathan McKinstry has extensive experience as a coach in African football - and he believes Nigeria could go all the way and win this year's AFCON

Daily Mirror

How Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd and Premier League stars fared in final AFCON group games

The Group Stage of AFCON 2021 has concluded this week where there has been plenty of drama, entertainment and upsets over the past 12 days in Cameroon

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At Mali border with Ivory Coast, lines of trucks held up by sanctions

Madou Sidibe should be home by now, the cement product in his truck delivered to a client in Mali. Instead he is stranded at a dusty border crossing in neighbouring Ivory Coast, one of hundreds of drivers shut out by economic sanctions.

The Guardian - UK

Vulnerable Malians could ‘pay the price’ of heavy sanctions, warn aid groups

NGOs call for aid exemption to EU-backed sanctions imposed after election postponement and arrival of Russian paramilitary

The Independent UK

UN chief: World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict

As he starts his second term as U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres says the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions that have sparked conflicts everywhere

Reuters

U.N. Mali mission to resume flights suspended because of sanctions

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Thursday it would resume regular flights after they were grounded over the weekend because of regional sanctions.

The Conversation

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta promised Mali honour and unity: his legacy is disappointing

Days after Mali was placed under heavy sanctions by the Economic Community of West African States to punish the military junta’s reluctance to conduct elections, citizens woke up on Sunday, 16 January 2022 to news of the death of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

France 24

Malians say they once appreciated French military support, but ‘things have changed’

Political activist Ousmane Kalilou Maiga told FRANCE 24 that Malians once appreciated France's military intervention in the country, but he believes that now, "France wants to maintain the status quo, so they can stay and control the region".

France 24

France mulls ending military support for Mali as relations with junta worsen

As relations between France and Mali sour rapidly, Paris is wondering whether it is time to stop providing military backup to a country run by a junta that has defied the international community.

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