The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Mali’s opposition leader Soumaila Cisse released after prisoner…
Mali's presidency on Thursday announced that opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé had been freed. The announcement, over Twitter, added that Cisse was on his way back to the capital Bamako. The news will likely warm the…
NEWS: Ex Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, others released…
The troopers who took energy in Mali on August 18 before embarking on a transition supposed to carry civilians returned to electricity introduced on Wednesday the launch of the 11 civilian and navy personalities arrested…
No show from hostages, despite speculations in Mali
They waited for hours throughout the night, to no avail. Supporters of malian political figure Soumaïla Cissé gathered to celebrate the announced return of their candidate, who has been held hostage for over six months.…
NEWS: ECOWAS Lifts Mali Sanctions
West Africa's ECOWAS has determined to lift the post-coup sanctions the bloc had put in software towards Mali. ECOWAS leaders now call on bilateral partners to resume help to Mali in a statement signed by…
NEWS: Military given key posts in Mali’s interim…
Mali's meantime president Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel who was once sworn in closing month, appointed a 25-strong authorities on Monday, in which members of the army occupy key posts, according to a decree study…
NEWS: Mali sees spike in malaria cases, death
Malaria cases in northern Mali have spiked, according to medical workers, claiming 23 lives in the often lawless desert region last week alone. Mali's ministry of health said this week that 59 people have died…
NEWS: Mali junta set the stage for lifting…
Mali's junta has removed a major obstacle to the lifting of ECOWAS sanctions. On Thursday it took out a major prerogative devolved to their transition leader who is supposed to bring civilians back to power…
NEWS: Mali’s sanctions set to take longer than…
It was hoped the Sunday appointment of Mali's new civilian prime minister, Moctar Ouane, should elevate sanctions imposed by neighbouring countries. ECOWAS imposed sanctions on Mali soon after the junta led August 18 coup and…
ECOWAS set to uphold Mali sanctions until appointment…
West African bloc ECOWAS will maintain its sanctions on Mali until a civilian prime minister is appointed, ECOWAS mediator Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday. A choice on whether ECOWAS will raise its sanctions towards Mali…
Thousands need urgent aid over floods in Africa…
Dozens of human beings have died over floods in Africa’s Sahel region, whilst heaps others are “in instant need of shelter, easy water, and health services,” the UN Refugee Agency stated in a statement Thursday.…
NEWS: ECOWAS may lift Mali’s sanctions on Friday
The West African bloc ECOWAS will probable figure out on Friday whether or not to carry probably crippling sanctions imposed on Mali after last month's coup, its mediator said. The mediator, Nigerian former president Goodluck…
Mali: The NCSP Junta Awaits a Response on…
The Malian National Committee for the Salvation of the People(NCSP) awaits a response from the Economic Community of West African States leaders (ECOWAS) after junta head, Colonel Assimi Goita, made a public appeal on Tuesday…
Mali Pronounces Ex- Defence Minister Ba N’Daou as…
A Huge Decision Head of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, Colonel Assimi Goïta, issued a nationally televised announcement pronouncing Ba N'Daou, previously the Minister of Defence, as the Malian transitional president…
Mali: Opposition group says junta’s plan “does not…
As Mali's junta tried to hash out a political roadmap with West African leaders in Ghana on Tuesday, the 18-month transition plan agreed by the military just days ago is being contested in Bamako by…
Mali: West African body urges for transitional gov’t
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday met with Mali's military junta in Ghana's capital Accra to locate a definitive answer to the political situation in the country. "Terrorists are taking advantage…
NEWS: ECOWAS leaders set to meet with Mali…
Mali's junta must title a civilian meantime leader on Tuesday, as the army chiefs meet with West African leaders who are additionally calling for fresh elections within a year. The 15-nation regional bloc known as…
Breaking: ECOWAS, Mali to meet after opposition rejection…
The opposition coalition which led mass protests in Mali ahead of last month's coup has rejected a transition charter to establish an 18-month interim government until an election could take place. It followed three days…
Mali: Leaders Discuss 2-year Transition Civilian Government
A proposal to appoint a two-year transitional civilian government, heavily influenced by the military junta is being debated in Mali The proposal, made by junta-appointed experts, has been submitted to about 500 participants from political…
