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The International Francophone Press Union on Thursday added its voice to a chorus of disapproval over the suspension of France 24 TV station and RFI radio.
The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) in the Malian crisis, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, is carrying a message from the heads of state of the sub-regional organization to the junta in Bamako.
The transitional government in Bamako has taken exception to the coverage by two French media of alleged atrocities on civilians blamed on the Malian army by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
At the end of a meeting with his Mauritanian counterpart, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Mali’s transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goita, announced the opening of an investigation after alleged “recurring crimes” by the Malian army against Mauritanian nationals.
The United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) announced that it had lost two soldiers on Monday after an improvised explosive device exploded near Mopti
Reactions continue to pour in after the terrorist attack on Friday, March 4 on the Mondoro military camp in central Mali.
The deadliest assault on the Malian Armed Forces (Fama) in several months occurred on Friday near the border with Burkina.
Shortly after his arrival Thursday in the Malian capital, the ECOWAS mediator was received in an audience at the Koulouba palace by the president of the transition, Colonel Assimi Goita.
The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) in the Malian crisis, Goodluck Jonathan, believes that Mali must quickly return to a democratic regime.
France will tolerate “no ultimatum” and will not give in to “any pressure” in managing the withdrawal of its troops from Mali, according to French Prime Minister Jean Castex.