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The Council of Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), meeting in Bamako on January 22, 2025, ratified a series of ambitious initiatives aimed at fostering regional integration and development.

Faced with growing security challenges in the Sahel region, the Alliance of Sahel States are pooling military resources together for a coordinated response to terror threats in the region.

Mali is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis marked by a significant increase in internal displacement affecting 378,363 individuals. This has raised the financial needs for 2025 to $771.3 million.

Spanish national Gilbert Navarro, who was recently kidnapped in Algeria, has been released by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) on Monday.

Five men presented as members of the Azawad Liberation Front surrendered to the authorities in Timbuktu with
weapons and a vehicle but the separatist movement denounces what it calls theft and a ruse.

The Malian Prime Minister, Major General Abdoulaye Maiga, began a two-day official visit to Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated steps to engage in technical discussions with Malian authorities to ensure an orderly withdrawal from the regional bloc.

Malian troops launch offensive against terrorist strongholds.

Mali has officially launched the General States of Culture, Tourism, and Crafts, marking the beginning of a national dialogue aimed at repositioning culture as a central pillar of the country’s economic and social development.

Concerns are mounting for the fate of Thierno Amadou Hady Tall, a prominent Sufi cleric who was kidnapped in December 2024 by suspected jihadists.