At 60 and with new rulers, Mali once again at a crossroads
Six decades after effectively gaining independence from France, Mali facing political uncertainty, major security woes. Sixty years since...
Al Jazeera
Sep 25, 2020
Genocide Emergency: Burkina Faso
Since 2016, three armed Islamist groups, the Group for Support of Muslims (JNIM), the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), and...
Genocide Watch
Aug 10, 2020
Gunmen kill more than a dozen in attack in eastern Burkina Faso
Unidentified gunmen have killed about 20 people in an attack on a cattle market in eastern Burkina Faso, the government said in a...
Al Jazeera
Aug 7, 2020
Genocide Emergency: Mali
Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency for Mali. Insurgents and security forces have killed thousands of civilians and created a...
Genocide Watch
Aug 3, 2020
ICC opens trial against Mali national over Timbuktu destruction
The trial of a Malian fighter accused of demolishing Timbuktu's shrines has begun at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague....
Al Jazeera
Jul 14, 2020
580 killed in central Mali so far in 2020 as security worsens - Bachelet
580 civilians have been killed so far this year in central Mali, as a deteriorating security situation and widespread impunity undermine...
United Nations
Jun 26, 2020
Challenges ahead as UN set to extend 'most dangerous' mission
The United Nations Security Council is expected next week to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA. Often dubbed...
Al Jazeera
Jun 26, 2020
Caliphate in Retreat
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb lost its Kabylia stronghold through its multiple mistakes. On May 23, Algeria’s Defense Ministry...
Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck
Jun 8, 2018
