The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the countryâs 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…
NEWS: Mali ‘s largest prison keeps coronavirus in…
Mali's largest reformatory is a squalid and overcrowded colonial-era throwback that in concept is an open invitation to coronavirus. Instead, staff at Bamako Central Prison say that so a long way they've kept the dreaded…
NEWS: Malians once again take to the streets…
Thousands of human beings proven again on Tuesday in Mali's capital Bamako, traumatic the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar KeĂŻta, who got here to electricity in 2013. Protesters not noted calls from the Economic Unity…
NEWS: Mali Assign Judges as an Attempt to…
Steps to Political Compromise Nine new judges were sworn in Monday at Mali's Constitutional Court in the capital city of Bamako. The ceremony was once attended by way of the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, diplomats…
UNESCO to revive Mali’s conflict-hit Bandiagara site
UNESCO pledges to help restore the world heritage site of Bandiagara, partly destroyed by the conflict raging in central Mali. The Malian security crisis, fuelled by jihadist groups and inter-community tensions, has led to the…
NEWS: West Africa blocks calls for reconciliation in…
West African leaders on Monday referred to as for the swift advent of a cohesion government in Mali and a fresh vote after disputed elections, but warned of sanctions towards these opposing efforts to cease…
Mali opposition dogged with demands despite ECOWAS mediation
Five West African heads of state meeting in Bamako on Thursday failed to get the Malian opposition to accept their plan to get the country out of a political crisis. The delegation however remain optimistic…
African summit ends with no deal on Mali…
West African leaders ended a day-long summit in Mali on Thursday without a deal to soothe the countryâs escalating political crisis. Five of the regionâs leaders met Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and leaders of…
Nigeria: President Buhari finally wears face mask
Nigerians finally get to see their president with a face mask since the coronavirus pandemic started. Muhammadu Buhari has never been sighted with a mask through his official engagements back home. But that changed when…
Breaking: Mali protesters set to cool off till…
Members of Maliâs opposition movement on Monday, announced plans to suspend all demonstrations in the country, as members gear up towards the Muslim festival, Eid-ul Adha. The leaders of the group resolved to withhold all…
NEWS: ECOWAS declares impasse in Mali on power…
ECPWAS mediators seeking to address the political crisis in Mali have introduced a power-sharing government and a new constitutional tribunal. In their latest attempt to ease tensions, the Ecowas delegation held a marathon weekend of…
Malian PM apologises for âexcessesâ by security forces…
Maliâs prime minister has apologised for âexcessesâ by security forces who opened fire last week on anti-government protesters, but rejected opposition demands that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign. Last Friday, the latest in a series…
Former Nigerian president named special envoy to Mali
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a special envoy to head its mediation mission in Mali, a report said Tuesday. âGiven your position…
Mali protest leader calls for calm after demonstrations…
A Malian protest leader called for calm Sunday after four more people were killed during demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's resignation, the West African country's worst civil unrest in years. Bloody demonstrations rocked…
Mali PM promises an ‘open’ government amid mass…
Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse promised to rapidly form a government "open to facing the challenges of the day," adding the death toll from the country's unrest had risen to four. Violence broke out at…
NEWS: Mali president calls for dialogue amid crippling…
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita went on national television early Saturday, urging dialogue with his opponents just hours after thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital with some pushing their way into state television…
Mali: Keita seeks compromise to ease political tensions
Malian President said Tuesday that he was considering appointing candidates who lost the last legislative elections to the senate, in an attempt to restore stability in the country that has witnessed several weeks of protests.…
NEWS: OIC condemns terrorist attacks in Somalia, Mali
The Organization of Islamic Cooperationâs (OIC) general secretariat strongly condemned a suicide attack in Mogadishu and a terrorist bombing in Baidoa in Somalia that resulted in deaths and injuries, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The…
Breaking: Mali president meets protest leader first time…
The Mali presidency posted a video on Twitter earlier Sunday of the meeting between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Mahmoud Dicko, the leading figure of the protest, in the capital Bamako on Saturday. It was…
