All of Africa Today - May 8, 2025
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Protests Grow in Mali As Opposition Leader Faces Trial Over Junta Criticism
RFI
A prominent opposition leader in Mali will stand trial next month for criticising the country's military rulers, as tensions escalate over a plan to dissolve political parties and… Read more »
Mali's Return to Democracy Suffers New Blow
HRW
Military Junta Acts to Retain Coup Leader as President, Dissolve All Political Parties Read more »
Mali Forum Backs Five-Year Presidency for Junta Leader Assimi Goïta
RFI
A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country’s president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025. Read more »
All of Africa Today - May 1, 2025
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Winning Hearts and Power - How Mali's Military Regime Gained Popular Support [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Mali's interim president, Colonel d'Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably strong public support. Survey data from… Read more »
Ecowas Meets in Ghana Over Exit of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
Premium Times
PREMIUM TIMES reports that the three junta-led countries made their official exit from ECOWAS earlier in the year. Read more »
Fulani - New Study Unravels The Genetic History of Africa's Largest Pastoralist Community [analysis]
The Conversation
The Fulani people are Africa’s largest pastoralist group . There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries , from the Atlantic… Read more »
Africa Demands Monetary Independence As Activists Protest Against CFA Franc in Mali
Leadership
On May 3, 2025, Bamako, the capital of Mali, hosted a conference of pan-Africanists, ANTI-CFA FRONT, organised by the non-governmental organisation, Urgences Panafricanistes. Read more »
Burkina Faso and Mali's Fabulous Flora - New Plant Life Record Released [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries. Read more »
Mali Junta Leader Gains 5-Year Presidential Backing
RFI
A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country's president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025. Read more »
All of Africa Today - April 30, 2025
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'How Algeria-Mali Diplomatic Tension Could Impact AES Countries' [analysis]
Daily Trust
Rising diplomatic tensions between Algeria and Mali have sparked concerns among member states of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) about the potential repercussions of the… Read more »
Mali Pioneers Novel Malaria Vaccine Delivery [press release]
WHO-AFRO
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Mali Pioneers Novel Hybrid Vaccine Delivery Approach to Combat Malaria [press release]
GAVI
On World Malaria Day, Mali becomes the 20th African country to introduce malaria vaccine Mali had 3.1% (8.15 million) of global malaria cases and 2.4% (14,328) of global malaria… Read more »
