Mali News » Mopti News Mali » Mopti » Politics: Month-long blackout leaves Mali's Mopti in the dark amid jihadist fuel blockade
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of the city of Mopti, in central Mali, where a fuel blockade has left residents largely without power for the past month. The ...
News Mali » Mopti » Politics: Death toll from car bomb attack on military base in Mali climbs
The deadly attack comes just a few days after Al Qaeda militants killed the chief of staff of Mali's junta leader in a fatal ambush.
News Mali » Mopti » Politics: Why an armed group linked to al-Qaida is gaining ground in Mali
Mali’s military regime is coming under increasing pressure from Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an armed group linked to al-Qaida that now controls large swathes of territory across the ...
News Mali » Mopti » Politics: A Mysterious Military Purge in Mali Belies the Junta's Unity
In early August, rumors began circulating in Mali that a group of military officers-between 20 and 50, depending on the source-had been arrested, including two generals. After a few days of silence, ...
News Mali » Mopti » Politics: For Mali's displaced, on-going insecurity an obstacle to return
MOPTI, Mali, February 12 (UNHCR) - The ancient city of Mopti, with its mud-built mosque, sits on a bend where the waters of West Africa's longest river, the Niger, are joined by those of its smaller ...
News Mali » Mopti » Politics: Conversations Changing Mali: How a Former FGM Defender Became Advocate for Girls
Mali has one of the highest FGM prevalence rates in West and Central Africa, while the country does not have legislation specifically criminalizing the practice.