00 days

00 hours

00 mins

00 secs

Special offer: -15%15% OFF your subscription

Consult our offers

Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

Scroll through edition

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Mali

Deputy intelligence chief Malick Dicko stealthily exerts his influence

Operating in the shadow of the powerful head of Malian intelligence Modibo Koné, Colonel Dicko is one of the essential cogs in the country's secret service and has several senior allies in the junta.

Subscribers only Politics 04.04.2023

France's Corsair has sights sets on Paris-Bamako route for high season

Mali's civil aviation agency ANAC is keeping the French airline Corsair waiting over its offer to operate the Paris-Bamako route over the 2023 high season starting in June.

Subscribers only Business 28.03.2023

In Bruxelles, Coalition of the Sahel to thrash out new strategy

Members of the Sahel Coalition will meet in Brussels on 27 March under the leadership of Djimet Adoum. The approach to be taken after Mali's withdrawal from the G5 Sahel last year will be on the agenda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - The Sahel security crisis 27.03.2023

Ex-PM Ouane free to travel abroad again

Mali's former prime minister Moctar Ouane has regained some freedom after being placed under surveillance by the junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. He still refrains from commenting on Malian politics.

Subscribers only Politics 24.03.2023

In Focus
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

The Algerian foreign intelligence service is seeking to renew its ties with the Malian Tuareg movements. © Studio Pachamama // AFP/Philippe Desmazes/Souleymane Ag Anara/Romaric Ollo Hien

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - The Sahel security crisis 20.03.2023

MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

The UN mission's human rights team will soon be publishing its findings regarding events in the Malian village of Moura last March, when between 200 and 600 civilians are thought to have been killed. The report points the finger directly at the Malian army and its Wagner allies.

Free access Diplomacy 16.03.2023

General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

After serving as Mali's ambassador in Moscow, General Harouna Samaké was recalled by junta leader Assimi Goïta to head the army. He will be helped in his new job by his wide-ranging connections within the Malian armed forces.

Subscribers only Defence 14.03.2023

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) soldiers, near Gourma in Mali.

Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel

The president of Mauritania and current chair of the G5 Sahel has made a priority of reintegrating Mali into the alliance. To achieve this, he has mobilised a loyal team of diplomats, military officers and religious leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.03.2023

Flags of the five historical members of the G5 Sahel: Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Chad, Mali and Niger.

New WFP aid package for Ouagadougou, Abuja and N'Djamena

The UN World Food Programme decided on a new support plan for Africa in early February. The budget is close to €30m.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.03.2023

MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Operationally hamstrung by the junta in Bamako and lacking a clear political objective given the fragility of the Algiers accord, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali is nevertheless expected to remain in place, at least until 2024.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 01.03.2023

Junta leader Assimi Goïta forced to postpone Mali's constitutional referendum

The colonels currently in power in Mali are slipping behind schedule, in terms both of organising the referendum and of drafting a new constitution. The junta is set to postpone the vote, initially planned for March, by several months.

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2023

Macron to bring forward statement on French bases in Africa

The French president is about to catch everyone off guard with an early unveiling of his plans to reorganise the French military in Africa. He initially planned to make this announcement during his tour of Central Africa next month.

Subscribers only Defence 24.02.2023

French president Emmanuel Macron at the military base in Djibouti on 12 March 2019.

Closing of EU Training Mission a political problem for Spain

Reduced to 300 soldiers last autumn, the EU training mission remains present in Bamako, though all operations have ceased and the relationship between Mali and the EU has become spectacularly rocky. Madrid is firmly lobbying to maintain the mission.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.02.2023

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez in Vienna, Austria, 16 February 2023.

French armed forces minister Lecornu due in Abidjan and Dakar

France's armed forces minister Sébastien Lecornu will travel to Ivory Coast and Senegal in the coming days, though his schedule has yet to be finalised

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 16.02.2023

Spotlight
From Dakar to Algiers, Belgrade's charm offensive in Africa

Serbia is conducting a charm offensive in African capitals in a bid to boost business and persuade them not to recognise Kosovo's independence. The operation is steered behind the scenes by a powerful Serbian businessman with deep links to Africa, working in concert with Belgrade's foreign minister Ivica Dacic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2023

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on 26 February 2020.

15% OFF your subscription

Special offer: Only 8d and 4h to take advantage of it

Consult our offers

This offer is open to all new subscribers and runs until 19/12/2025

Create a notification

Mali

Don't miss a single headline. Sign up to receive weekly summaries of our coverage of Mali.

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Mali

Deputy intelligence chief Malick Dicko stealthily exerts his influence

France's Corsair has sights sets on Paris-Bamako route for high season

In Bruxelles, Coalition of the Sahel to thrash out new strategy

Ex-PM Ouane free to travel abroad again

In Focus
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel

New WFP aid package for Ouagadougou, Abuja and N'Djamena

MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Junta leader Assimi Goïta forced to postpone Mali's constitutional referendum

Macron to bring forward statement on French bases in Africa

Closing of EU Training Mission a political problem for Spain

French armed forces minister Lecornu due in Abidjan and Dakar

Spotlight
From Dakar to Algiers, Belgrade's charm offensive in Africa

Millionaire Aliou Boubacar Diallo enjoys quiet new life, far from the junta

Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba becomes new MINUSMA spokesperson

New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

West Africa ponders choice of next UNOWAS head

Inner circles
Mossadeck Bally defends business community against Goïta's junta

African leaders plan trip to Kyiv and Moscow

Diplomat Luc Briard to focus on African diaspora at foreign ministry

Delayed EU anti-piracy cooperation presents Washington and Seoul with opening

South African van Deventer, kidnapped in Libya, reportedly now in Mali

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Patrice Talon

TotalEnergies

Yoweri Museveni

Xi Jinping

Michaël Randrianirina

Mali

Deputy intelligence chief Malick Dicko stealthily exerts his influence

France's Corsair has sights sets on Paris-Bamako route for high season

In Bruxelles, Coalition of the Sahel to thrash out new strategy

Ex-PM Ouane free to travel abroad again

In Focus Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel

New WFP aid package for Ouagadougou, Abuja and N'Djamena

MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Junta leader Assimi Goïta forced to postpone Mali's constitutional referendum

Macron to bring forward statement on French bases in Africa

Closing of EU Training Mission a political problem for Spain

French armed forces minister Lecornu due in Abidjan and Dakar

Spotlight From Dakar to Algiers, Belgrade's charm offensive in Africa

Millionaire Aliou Boubacar Diallo enjoys quiet new life, far from the junta

Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

Fatoumata Sinkoun Kaba becomes new MINUSMA spokesperson

New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

West Africa ponders choice of next UNOWAS head

Inner circles Mossadeck Bally defends business community against Goïta's junta

African leaders plan trip to Kyiv and Moscow

Diplomat Luc Briard to focus on African diaspora at foreign ministry

Delayed EU anti-piracy cooperation presents Washington and Seoul with opening

South African van Deventer, kidnapped in Libya, reportedly now in Mali

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

In Focus
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

Spotlight
From Dakar to Algiers, Belgrade's charm offensive in Africa

Inner circles
Mossadeck Bally defends business community against Goïta's junta