Mali News » Bamako 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: 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: Inside a thriving Chinatown neighborhood in the heart of West Africa
BAMAKO, Mali — Drive through downtown in this West African capital, past traditional markets and mosques, and you arrive, unexpectedly, in a neighborhood with bubble tea shops and Chinese boutiques, ...
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: Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks across Mali, army says
Gunmen have attacked Mali’s capital, Bamako and several locations across the country, the army says, in an apparently coordinated assault involving multiple groups. The army on Saturday morning said ...
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 ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Fifth Arab Poetry Forum in Mali brings leading poets to Bamako
SHARJAH, 2nd August, 2026 (WAM) -- Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Republic of Mali hosted the fifth ...