Around 100 vehicles, including light tanks and armored vehicles, arrived in Bamako from Guinea on January 17, just as the Russian Defense Ministry intends to speed up the replacement of the Wagner group by Africa Corps in the country.

The relationship between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is getting tighter. The junta-led allies will own common passport from January 29, the date of their departure from regional bloc ECOWAS. The military leaders had already teamed up to form the Confederation of Sahel States.

Malians are celebrating Eric Chelle's appointment as Super Eagles coach more than Nigerians as AJ Auxerre forward Lassine Sinayoko has shared what to expect.

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex and flew them out by helicopter over the weekend.

Mali: Russia Delivers Military Hardware to Boost Fight Against Insurgency | Firstpost Africa | N18G Russia has delivered over 100 military vehicles to Mali last week. The delivery reportedly included several tanks,

Mali's military government is holding gold seized from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine site at state-owned Banque Malienne de Solidarite (BMS), two sources said, as the miner pursues plans to suspend its operations in the country.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali’s predominately Tuareg north, said on X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

DUBLIN, Ireland–In an explosive turn of events surrounding the ongoing saga involving the ownership of promising young stallion Sands Of Mali, the High Court heard on Thursday of how leading owner Steve Parkin is alleged to have made death threats to Ballyhane Stud boss Joe Foley,

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) Copy DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali’s military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as part of a legal battle over the share of revenue owed to the West African state, according to ...

BAMAKO, Mali -- A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali's predominately Tuareg north, said on the social media platform X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

B2Gold was among the first companies to negotiate a settlement with the Malian Government over its 2023 mining code.

Mali’s military junta started executing an interim order to seize gold at a mine run by Barrick Gold Corp., escalating a dispute over the West African government’s share of revenues from the project.