A new mining law in Mali that raises taxes and seeks to hand over big stakes in assets to the state and local investors will ...

Eleven political parties in Mali on Wednesday urged the ruling junta to confirm a timetable for elections and a return to civilian rule, in a rare display of dissent. And they called on the junta to ...

Mali’s new penal code came into effect on 13 December 2024. It equates same-sex sexual relations with indecent assault and ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

The Malian government’s overhaul of its extraction industry risks deterring companies from investing in the nation that’s home to the world’s second-largest gold mine, according to Anglo American CEO ...

"Major General Abdoulaye Maiga is appointed prime minister," said a decree issued by junta chief General Assimi Goita and read out by the secretary general of the presidency on state television ...

In June 2022, the junta promised to organise elections and ... further uncertainty in an already troubled context. Since 2012, Mali has been plunged into a political and security crisis fuelled ...

Allied Gold is pressing the accelerator across Africa as it moves forward with new capacity.   Last month, Allied reached an ...

Two former company executives with inside knowledge of Barrick Gold's operations in West Africa are helping to push Mali's demands for a payment of around $200 million from the Canadian miner, sources ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

Mali's military-led government ... among a small group of key players on the Malian side, which also includes junta leader Assimi Goita and Minister of Finance and Economy Alousseini Sanou ...