Mali’s former prime minister charged with embezzlement, remanded in custody 

Mali’s former prime minister, Choguel Maiga, has been charged with embezzlement and remanded in custody as the West African country’s military leaders intensify a crackdown over allegations of a coup plot. The charges against Maiga were revealed...

Mali’s Choguel Maiga charged with embezzlement, remanded in custody

Mali’s former prime minister, Choguel Maiga, has been charged with embezzlement and remanded in custody as the West African country’s military leaders intensify a crackdown over allegations of a coup plot. The charges against Maiga were revealed...

International French-language LGBTQI conference focuses on positivity

More than 800 LGBTQI activists converged on Montréal for a morale boost from Égides Panel discussion at the Égides conference (Laeticia Clouzot photo courtesy of Égides) By Steeves Winner Early this month, Montréal became the beating heart of the...

Il gasdotto Nigeria-Marocco è uno dei progetti più ambiziosi della storia africana

Il suo obiettivo iniziale è collegare le risorse della Nigeria con il Marocco e trasformarlo in un hub regionale chiave, ma si tratta, in effetti, uno dei progetti energetici più costosi e ambiziosi nella storia dell’Africa. Segue nostro Telegram....

African Festival of the Arts returns Labor Day weekend

After a yearlong hiatus and mounting financial troubles that nearly shuttered it for good, the African Festival of the Arts is set to return to Washington Park this Labor Day weekend. The decades-old event, a showcase of art, food and music from...

Global Threat of an Africa Tilt in Russia and China's Favor

このページを 日本語 で読む Blessed with abundant natural resources and a rapidly growing population, Africa has been dubbed the "Final Growth Frontier." It is also a core region of the Global South, a group that is gaining more international clout, consisting...

Barrick Gold proceeds with $2-billion Zambia expansion amid Mali dispute

Barrick Gold Corp. is advancing a $2-billion expansion of its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia while facing an escalating dispute with Mali’s military government. The Canadian mining company plans to double annual copper production at Lumwana to...

Indonesia U-17 soccer team places second in the 2025 Independence Cup after losing to Mali

ndonesia's U-17 soccer team finished second in the 2025 Independence Cup after narrowly losing to Mali 1-2 on Monday night at the North Sumatra Main Stadium in Deli Serdang. The match between the two participants of the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup...

Mali: Former prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga charged with embezzlement

Former Malian civilian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga was charged with embezzlement of public funds, his lawyer Cheick Oumar Konare announced on Tuesday. He was remanded in custody following a hearing before the country's Supreme Court. No...

The Hardest Thing for Us to Bear: How Two African Films from the ’70s Examine Postcolonial Discontent

Toward the end of her recently republished autobiography, “My Country, Africa,” the political organizer Andrée Blouin reflects on the failures of the independence movements that galvanized so many Africans, including herself, to fight their...

Primate Ayodele warns presidents of African countries in new prophecies

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has issued warnings to the presidents of several African nations, including Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Guinea, and Mali. In a statement signed and...

Mali, UAE sign 11 agreements in strategic areas of development

19 august 2025 - 12:20:00 MA/BBA 447 Views Panafrican News Agency Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The second meeting of the Joint Cooperation Commission for Mali and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday in Abu Dhabi has resulted in the signing...

Ethiopia: Where Political Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun

[Source: bbc.com] There is a brutal civil war being waged in Ethiopia where political power grows from the barrel of a gun. On one side is the Western-backed corrupt, brutal regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he who was bestowed the 2019 Nobel...

How Moscow is reinventing its influence machine across Africa

Russian operatives are using new tactics to expand Moscow's reach in Africa, two years after the death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. An investigation led by RFI and the monitoring group All Eyes on Wagner shows influence campaigns remain...

Construction begins on East Africa’s first-ever cross-border SGR worth $2.15 billion

The foundation stone was laid on Saturday by Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, marking a milestone in regional integration and transport modernization. Prime Minister Majaliwa assured citizens that work would begin on schedule, stressing...

Today's Top 3 News: Mali Wins 2025 Independence Cup with 2-1 Victory Over Indonesia

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Here are the highlights: Mali Wins 2025 Independence Cup with 2-1 Victory Over Indonesia; Independence Cup 2025: Indonesia Down 1-2 to Mali at Halftime; and...

Monthly Cotton Economic Newsletter: August 2025

Recent Price Movement Cotton benchmarks were stable over the past month. The most actively traded December NY/ICE contract shifted lower in late July. In recent trading, it has been testing the lower end of the range between 66 and 71 cents/lb...

Ex-Mali PM, Choguel Maiga Charged With Embezzlement

Maiga’s lawyer, Cheick Oumar Konare, confirmed the development to AFP, noting that a trial date is yet to be set. “We believe in justice, we are calm while awaiting the trial,” Konare said, adding that Maiga would remain in prison until...

Ex-Mali PM Maiga Charged With Embezzlement, Imprisoned

Mali’s civilian ex-prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, dismissed in November after he criticised the junta, was charged Tuesday with embezzlement of public funds and remanded in custody following a hearing before the country’s Supreme Court....

A former prime minister of Mali is jailed on corruption allegations