To be a human rights defender today is an act of courage ...Despite these risks, they persevere ... In May this year, as Mali’s ruling junta shut down all political parties and organisations, several activists were abducted from the streets of Bamako ... ....
Bamako, the capital of Mali, with 4 million people, is being choked off by a blockade imposed by Islamist rebels, preventing fuel, food and other goods from getting to the city, in an effort to bring down Mali’s military government.
As the global commercial fleet approaches the end of its operational life, demand for ship-recycling capacity is projected to triple over the next de ....
Mali is "far from the scenario," the country’s foreign minister said amid armed groups’ recent attacks and blockade of the capital, Bamako... the Bamako ExpoFair (BAMEX'25) late Wednesday.
A string of coups and the pushing out of former colonial power France in favor of Russian support haven’t stopped insurgents from going from strength throughout the so- called coup belt from Burkina Faso to Niger... .
In Bamako's business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel ....