Mali In Headlines – allAfrica News

• The Role of Local Media in Sahel Conflict Reporting
  [allAfrica] Johannesburg -- allAfrica 's Nontobeko Mlambo attended the 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) - the largest gathering of African investigative journalists on the continent - at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Habib Koité Returns With Mande Quartet
  [Afropop] Mali's Habib Koité has led a storied career since he burst onto the scene with his award-winning debut album Musa Ko in 1995. Now, eight albums later, he's returning to our shores with a quartet in a unique show to celebrate Mande Sila: the way of the Mandingo empire, symbolizing languages, cultures and music […]
• Russia- Africa Partnership Gains 'More and More' Strength
  [allAfrica] Monrovia -- African ministers attending the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Sochi have been assured of Russia's 'total support' to the continent in 'different sectors', reports the BBC.
• WFP Responds to Devastating Floods in Mali That Have Affected 350,000 People
  [WFP] Bamako -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving response to people affected by the devastating floods in Mali. Since the start of the rainy season in June, unusually heavy downpours have caused flooding in many regions forcing the government to declare a state of national catastrophe in August, […]
• UK Sanctions Russia-Backed Wagner Group Successor Africa Corps
  [RFI] London -- The UK government announced sanctions on Thursday against three private mercenary groups operating in Africa with links to the Kremlin, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps.
• New Law 'Disastrous; for LGBTQI+ People
  [HRW] Suspend Discriminatory and Stigmatizing Criminal Offense
• Investigation Demanded After Deadly Mali Drone Attack
  [AI London] The Malian authorities must carry out an effective and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least eight civilians following drone strikes that targeted a market on a busy day in Inadiafatane last month. This strike should be investigated as a war crime, as the attack resulted in deaths and injuries among civilians […]
• Drone Strike Deaths Must Be Investigated As a War Crime
  [AI London] Strikes occurred in Inadiafatane, in the Timbuktu region in northern Mali
• MSF Condemns Violence Against Our Team in Mali
  [MSF] On 14 October, on the outskirts of Nampala in the Segou region of central Mali, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team and community health workers were violently attacked and robbed by armed men, along with civilians. The men who carried out the attack were conducting regular military operations in the area. Our team was […]
• Tales of Expensive Senegal, Rigid Ethiopia and Depressing Mali
  [Observer] Around trip from Entebbe, Uganda to Dakar, Senegal via Ethiopia takes approximately ten hours, costing around $483 (about Shs 1.7m).