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West African Leaders Lift Economic, Financial Sanctions On Mali, Burkina Faso

Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracyRead More

Gov Ortom: Herdsmen from Libya, Mali, Others Still Killing Benue People

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom
Buhari: I will crush terrorists before I hand over in 2023 *ACF seeks urgent action against criminal acts in schools Gboyega Akinsanmi in Lagos and John Shiklam in Kaduna BenueRead More

ECOWAS Imposes Further Sanctions On Mali Junta

ECOWAS Court
Suspends all commercial, financial transactions between country and member states, freezes assets Seeks AU, UN, others’ support on enforcement The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced furtherRead More

ECOWAS Suspends Mali Until Return To Civil Rule

Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
Mali has been suspended from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) until the current military dictators vacate office and the country returns to civilRead More

Mali President Announces Resignation Amid Reported Arrest In Suspected Coup

Mutinous Mali soldiers
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his immediate resignation on state television late Tuesday, hours after he and the Prime Minister were reportedly arrested by mutinous soldiers in a suspectedRead More

Mali Records First Coronavirus Death Hours Before Election

COVID-19
The West African nation of Mali has recorded its first coronavirus death on Saturday, March 28th, 2020, a day before it votes in a long-delayed parliamentary election. The election hasRead More

Islamists kill Nigerian UN Peacekeeper, Wound Others in Mali

UN Peacekeepers Patrolling in Mali
The UN officials said on Sunday that a Nigerian soldier attached to the UN peacekeeping force in Mali was killed and another compatriot was injured in two attacks on theRead More