At least 50 Malian soldiers killed in attack on military convoy
At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed after a joint Malian army and Russia's Africa Corps convoy was ambushed.
At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed after a joint Malian army and Russia's Africa Corps convoy was ambushed.
General Jean Elysee Dao says 60 others also wounded as army retakes key town after nearly a week of fighting.
Een opvallende sollicitatie voor de KNVB. Tom Saintfiet ziet zichzelf wel als bondscoach van het Nederlands elftal. De Belg is momenteel clubloos na zijn vertrek bij Mali.
Relations begin to thaw as both countries reinstate ambassadors, reopen airspace closed to each other since April 2025.
The convoy was bringing hundreds of personnel in reinforcement in northern Mali, where the Malian army and Russian paramilitaries are fighting jihadist and separatist militants.
De voorgenomen terugtrekking van Niger, Mali en Burkina Faso uit het Internationaal Strafhof (ICC) leidt internationaal tot bezorgdheid. De drie West-Afrikaanse landen worden geteisterd door aanhoudend terreurgeweld; mensenrechtenorganisaties rapporteren ernstige misstanden waar burgers slachtoffers van zijn. Na een…
The Russian navy is carrying a shipment of weapons to help Mali’s government hold off a rebel advance.
Coalition of rebels and armed groups carries out another series of attacks.
Op 6 juli 2016 kwamen soldaten Henry Hoving (29) en Kevin Roggeveld (24) om het leven bij een ongeluk met een mortiergranaat in Mali. Precies tien jaar later eert een groep militairen de twee gesneuvelde Groningers met een herdenkingsfietstocht, die onder meer langs de graven van Hoving en Roggeveld voert.
Mali's military junta is facing one of its most serious security challenges in months. A wave of coordinated attacks by the jihadist group JNIM and its Tuareg ally, the FLA, has targeted army positions across the north of the country, raising fresh questions about the government's ability to contain the insurgency.
Russian mercenaries from the Africa Corps, which has replaced the well-known Wagner Group in providing support to the Malian army, are deploying new combat drones in Mali. Frequently found on the frontlines in Ukraine, these drones are now entering the Sahel region – an environment for which they were not designed.
From Kenya to Ghana to Mali, governments are insisting their minerals be processed at home before they leave.
Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists, the Malian army and its Russian allies have all committed "grave abuses" against civilians during and after the April attacks that rocked the West African country, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday.
An artist in Mali and climate scientists in the US are finding new ways to inform the public about the climate crisis.
Moslimextremisten winnen snel terrein in Mali en brengen de militaire junta steeds verder in het nauw. Intussen raken ook Rusland, Oekraïne en zelfs de Verenigde Staten betrokken bij het conflict. 1. Wat zijn de nieuwe ontwikkelingen? Al jaren zijn in het onherbergzame noorden van Mali terroristen actief van JNIM…
In the Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, military rulers are increasingly clamping down on press freedom and freedom of expression. Many journalists, bloggers and activists have been forced into exile.