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Mali

Population: 24.1m
GDP: $21.65bn
Debt: 52.34% of GDP (2024)

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    Vol 66 No 12 |
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Jihadists hit harder as junta loses focus

A surge in attacks on army bases leaves security forces overstretched and civilians more vulnerable

Grim casualty figures from recent insurgent attacks on army garrisons across central and northern Mali have exposed the cost of junta leader, General Assimi Goïta’s decision to reject...


The juntas join the gold rush

On 23 April, Niger advanced its mineral development by partnering with Emirati firm Suvarna Royal Gold Trading LLC. The deal, formalised in Niamey, establishes Royal Gold Niger SA,...


Security tops the Ecowas agenda

Above all, civilian governments in the regional bloc want cooperation with the military leaders against jihadist insurgents

Through his visits to the military rulers of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in the week ending 14 March, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama may have helped thaw...


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    Vol 66 No 2 |
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Bullion for Bamako

Barrick Gold says it will suspend mining operations in the country after the government seized gold stocks from the company’s Loulo-Gounkoto operation

Canadian mining company Barrick Gold has pulled the plug on operations at its Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali after the Malian government seized an estimated 3 metric tonnes of...

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Kyiv counts diplomatic costs of ambush boasts

Bamako has cut ties with Ukraine, accusing it of complicity in an attack that killed Malian soldiers and 50 Russian Wagner operatives

The Cold War politics in the Sahel has been given fresh heat after Mali announced it was severing ties with Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of involvement in a deadly...

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    Vol 65 No 16 |
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Farewell to the kora master

Toumani Diabaté, one of Mali’s greatest kora players, died on 19 July ending a career spanning 45 years. He was 58. His global reputation debuted with the release...


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