Mali News » Mopti News Mali » Mopti » Social: 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 » Social: 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.
News Mali » Mopti » Social: Mali Man's Mission: Eradicate FGM
In Mali, an estimated nine out of ten women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). And for years, Sidi Haidara, a father and ...
News Mali » Mopti » Social: 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 » Social: JNIM attacks on fuel tanker convoys in western Mali underline broader risks to government and social stability
On 13–14 September, Al-Qaeda affiliate Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) conducted a series of attacks in western Mali targeting convoys of fuel tankers originating from Senegal. The group ...
News Mali » Mopti » Social: 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.