Mali News » Kidal News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Mali’s Army Says Kidal Recaptured from Rebels
Mali’s army said Tuesday it has retaken the northern city of Kidal from rebels, after a raid that left many insurgents dead. The reported capture, not confirmed by independent observers, would mark a ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: The battle of Kidal, a triumph for Mali’s Assimi Goïta
“Glory to the Malian army! Long live the five colonels!”: On 14 November, Colonel Assimi Goïta’s supporters thronged Bamako’s Independence Square following the announcement that the Malian Armed ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Mali junta seizes rebel stronghold of Kidal
An aerial view of the rebel-held city of Kidal, where Mali’s army is reported to be closing in – Copyright AFP/File SOULEYMANE AG ANARA Mali’s army has ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Rebels jeered Putin’s troops out of a key African town. Now his regional grip is slipping away
When Russian forces withdrew last month from the strategic stronghold of Kidal in northern Mali — retreating under the jeers of the very rebels they were sent to crush — they surrendered more than ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Malian defense chief is killed as jihadis and rebels seize towns and military bases
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali 's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal following rebel attacks
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdrew from the northern city of Kidal after a series of coordinated attacks across the country by rebel and jihadi forces, the rebels ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Evening brief: Mali massacre exposes Russia’s Sahel failure as Kidal falls
Mali’s Russian security model cracked in public over the weekend, and it cracked in the exact place Bamako and Moscow could least afford to lose: Kidal. Reuters reported that JNIM, al-Qaeda’s Sahel ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Mali: Wagner flies flag over Kidal
The video lasts only a few seconds, but it’s enough to see the role played by the Wagner Group in the recapture of Kidal. Published on 22 November on the Russian militia’s Telegram channel, it shows ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Mali's army and Russian mercenaries accused of killing dozens of civilians in Kidal region
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's army and Russian mercenaries killed dozens of civilians during a military operation last month in northern Mali, civil organization and community members alleged Friday, ...
News Mali » Kidal » Culture: Russia's Africa Corps Confirms Withdrawal From Mali's Kidal
Russia's Africa Corps Confirms Withdrawal From Mali's Kidal MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) - Africa Corps, a paramilitary group controlled by Russia's Defence Ministry, confirmed on Monday that its ...