NOMBORI, 16 January 2014 (IRIN) – The region around Bandiagara, in central Mali’s Mopti Region, is struggling to cope with…
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President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wished 15 million Malians “peace, nothing but peace” as he delivered a New Year greeting Tuesday at the end of one of the most turbulent years in the west African nation’s history. “I only want peace, nothing but peace…
Tuareg demonstrators on Thursday occupied an airport runway to prevent Mali’s Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly visiting the rebel-controlled northeastern town of Kidal, officials said. Protesters said Malian soldiers shot and wounded three of the demonstrators…
MBERA/BASSIKOUNOU, 19 November 2013 (IRIN) – Since April, when the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) started biometric registration of the Malian…
BAMAKO, 14 November 2013 (IRIN) – Explosives experts are clearing Malian villages of weapons left over from the recent conflict.…
MBERA, 11 November 2013 (IRIN) – Nomadic or semi-nomadic populations often struggle when hemmed into refugee camps. They are…