In October 2025, Mali’s cybercrime court convicted Mara for his social media activity, sentencing him to two years’ imprisonment, including one year of mandatory custody, and imposing a fine of 500,000CFA francs.
India is reportedly withdrawing from a major lithium extraction project in Mali, a decision driven primarily by escalating security risks and political instability within the West African nation.
Sissoko was arrested under Mali’s 2019 cybercrime law, which has been criticized for blurring the line between preserving national security and suppressing free speech.
Mali will create a state-owned company to manage holdings in mining companies, according to a statement released by the council of ministers ... In 2022, Mali created another state-owned company called ...
Youssouf Sissoko, publishing director of the Malian newspaper L'Alternance, was placed in pre-trial detention on 5 February in Mali following the publication of an opinion piece criticising General Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger's Head of State.
Meanwhile, the Economic Community of West AfricanStates, a neocolonial union of which all three were members, first imposed on Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, before its combined armed forces prepared to outright invade the latter in .
Steve Parkin has been compelled by the Irish High Court to release covering certificates for mares in foal to Sands of Mali after the owner had blocked the process as part of his dispute with his former racing and bloodstock adviser Joe Foley... .