Mali
Within a ring of steel, Israelis and Malians share a joyous two hours
The French capital was prepared for a riot when Israeli athletes competed for the first time in Paris. Then a soccer match broke out.
- by Chip Le Grand and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Paris security ramped up for Israel soccer match as Gaza tensions rise
Israel’s Olympic athletes are under 24-hour protection after a French MP declared they are not welcome in Paris.
- by Chip Le Grand and Marta Pascual Juanola
2020: Mutinying soldiers detain Mali president and PM
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and top government officials were detained by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis.
‘Justice and happiness’: Yevgeny Prigozhin appears in fresh recruiting video
“The temperature is +50 – everything as we like,” the former mutineer said in a video some suspect was filmed in Africa.
- by Maxim Rodionov
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Putin's Russia
The Ukraine invasion put a spotlight on Putin’s ‘shadow army’. Now its leader is dead. Who are the Wagner Group?
From being covert mercenaries, the group gained a huge public profile, which was then boosted by a coup attempt. Where did Wagner come from and what has been its role in Ukraine?
- by Sherryn Groch
French military accuse Russian mercenaries of staging burials in Mali
The tweets and photos accuse the French of leaving mass graves in Mali. Spies have captured videos showing otherwise.
- by Sam Mednick
‘Child slaves’ sue chocolate giants for forced labour in cocoa plantations
Nestle, Hershey and Mars are among the companies named in the suit.
- by Marvin G. Perez
Switzerland says Swiss hostage in Mali has been killed
Switzerland’s foreign minister condemned the killing of the hostage, Beatrice Stoeckli, whose release his country had quietly been trying to negotiate.
Mali releases 180 jihadists in likely prisoner exchange
The prisoner swap has fuelled speculation that opposition politician Soumaila Cisse, captured in March, could be released.
- by Baba Ahmed
Civilian named as interim PM for post-coup Mali
It comes after a retired colonel was sworn in as president, and coup-leader Colonel Assimi Goita as vice-president.
- by Cheick Diouara and Tiemoko Diallo
Dozens of migrants rescued in Sahara Desert
Men, women and children were in distress, dehydrated and in need of medical attention when they were rescued by the International Organisation for Migration.
- by Carley Petesch
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