Mali News » Bamako News Mali » Bamako » History: Bamako is under pressure, not under siege: the difference and why it matters
Mali has been struggling for over a decade to defeat “jihadists” around Gao, Kidal and Ségou. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), linked to al-Qaida, is believed to be the most vicious of the ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Mali’s capital Bamako boosts security fearing jihadi attacks
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In Bamako’s popular Darsalam neighborhood, a young gendarme stands by a newly barricaded street, his hand on the trigger of a rifle pointed slightly to the ground. The armed ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Mali: JNIM’s siege of Bamako eases, but fear lingers
After weeks of paralysis triggered by a fuel blockade imposed by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), life is cautiously returning to Bamako. Petrol stations are reopening, traffic is building ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Assault on Mali’s Capital Killed 50 or More, but Leaders Say Little
Days after the West African country’s ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent of the carnage. By Elian Peltier and Christiaan Triebert The military junta ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Mali: Moussa Diawara, the “evil genius” of Bamako
On the morning of August 18, 2020, the situation was serious at the Keita family home in Sebenikoro. And for good reason: since that night, the news from the military camp in Kati is worrying.
News Mali » Bamako » History: Slums and guns in Bamako: what’s driving the illegal weapon trade in Mali’s capital city
Weapons and ammunition seized from Islamist fighters by the Malian army. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images As west Africa urbanises, many cities have become interconnected through trade, travel and ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Bamako under siege: why Mali’s army is struggling to break the jihadist blockade of the capital
When the military overthrew the democratically elected government in Mali in 2020, coup leader General Assimi Goita promised to root out jihadists in the north of the country. Mali had been struggling ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Curfews, conspiracy theories … and a cancelled concert: Mali’s capital tries to shrug off violence on its doorstep
Surprise coordinated attack by jihadists and separatists last weekend has rattled the regime and its security ally Russia “The Grand Ball of Bamako”, as organisers tagged the Saturday evening soiree ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: US looks to revitalise relations with Mali with envoy visit to Bamako
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burkina Faso's President Captain Ibrahim Traore, walks alongside Mali's President General Assimi Goita during the Alliance of ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Locating History in Concrete and Bronze: Civic Monuments in Bamako, Mali
Arnoldi, Mary Jo. 2016. "Locating History in Concrete and Bronze: Civic Monuments in Bamako, Mali." In A Companion to Public Art. Krause Knight, Cher and Senie ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Safeguarding Mali’s ancient manuscript collections, an international conference in Bamako
Nearly two years after armed groups occupied northern Mali and destroyed cultural heritage there, an international conference will take place in the capital, Bamako, from 28 to 30 January to examine ...