Mali: Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga appointed Prime Minister
Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga, 63 years old, was secretary-general of the presidency of Mali. This Saturday, December 30, he is appointed Prime Minister by the...
Mali: The election of municipal councilors postponed again
The election of municipal councilors, initially scheduled for December 17, was postponed again to April 2018. Another umpteenth report, that comes with no surprise...
Mali : the government maintains elections on December 17
Unless a big surprise, Malians will go to the polls on December 17 to elect circle councilors and regional councilors. The mandates of those...
Mali : local elections in December for a new start?
The December 17 elections are expected to signal a new beginning in the regions, where collectivities are led by councilors who have been in...
Mali : Why is the CMA calling for postponement of the...
In small steps, Mali is moving towards three types of coupled elections: local elections, regional elections and partial communal elections. But, some voices are...
Mali : Bamako «takes note» of the UN report, but expresses...
Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop was surprised, on Thursday October 5, by UN Secretary-General António Guterres' report that «... almost no progress has been...
Mali: “final” return of the governor of Kidal
In Mali, Sidi Mohamed Ag Icharach, governor of the Kidal region, has definitely settled in the region on Tuesday September 19, where he also...
Burkina Faso : Alassane Balla Sakandé elected to the National Assembly’s...
In Burkina Faso, Alassane Balla Sakandé was elected President of the National Assembly on September 8. He replaces Salif Diallo, who died in Paris...
Jean-Hervé Jezequel : in Mali, « a sanctions regime is not...
On September 5, 2017, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a sanctions regime against those who impeded the implementation of the peace agreement...
Mali : Towards the establishment of a sanctions regime to accelerate...
The UN Security Council could vote, on Tuesday, September 5, to establish a "general sanctions regime" for Mali. The objective is, according to sources...