Dakar, Senegal – AFP The Malian army on Monday said it had suffered a “large number” of deaths during fighting in the north last week, in a rare admission after rebels claimed to have inflicted major losses. A unit “was encircled by the coalition of terrorist forces” and “fierce fighting began before the arr...
United Nations, United States – AFP Russia on Wednesday vetoed a proposal at the United Nations to extend targeted sanctions in military-run Mali, which has become a close partner of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries. “Despite the fact that we repeatedly urged a constructive approach and a sensible compromise, the texts did not in ...
