Playing later on the same day is Mali legend Oumou Sangare. I was going to start this by writing about Sangare’s "long musical career" or by calling her a "veteran" of Mali’s music scene, both badly ...

A judge in Mali on Monday ordered Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex to be placed under provisional administration for six months in an ongoing dispute between the Canadian mining ...

BAMAKO, June 16 (Reuters) - Mali began construction of a new Russia-backed gold refinery on Monday, which the West African country's military leader said would take it closer to asserting control ...

The decision on Monday comes after Mali closed Barrick’s offices in the capital Bamako and warned it would take control of the mine, which has been shuttered owing to a months-long dispute over ...

The ruling junta in Mali is tightening its hold on the gold industry as it moves to reclaim control from established foreign operators and boost local processing capacity through investment from ...

Mali's military junta has started building a gold refinery in partnership with a Russian conglomerate, the Yadran Group. The project would embody the West African nation's assertion of its ...

Tuareg associations in Mali and Burkina Faso have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against their nations' armies and the Russian paramilitary group, Africa Corps. Several ...

Mali began construction of a new Russia-backed gold refinery on Monday, which the West African country’s military leader said would take it closer to asserting control over its natural resources ...

Despite exiting membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria has extended invitations to Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali to ... Bakary Sangare, confirmed the ...

On 16 June 2025, a commercial court in Bamako appointed former health minister Zoumana Makadji as provisional administrator of the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine, the largest in Mali. The decision followed ...

In 2020 and 2021, General Assimi Goita siezed power of Mali, bringing the country under military rule.Elections scheduled for February 2024 were postponed due to "technical reasons," including ...