Mali: Russia Delivers Military Hardware to Boost Fight Against Insurgency | Firstpost Africa | N18G Russia has delivered over 100 military vehicles to Mali last week. The delivery reportedly included several tanks,

Around 100 vehicles, including light tanks and armored vehicles, arrived in Bamako from Guinea on January 17, just as the Russian Defense Ministry intends to speed up the replacement of the Wagner group by Africa Corps in the country.

The World Bank has approved a $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Mali increase access to drinking water and improve the conservation of water sources in beneficiary cities.

Ahmed reported from Bamako, Mali. This version corrects to say the four executives are still being held.

BAMAKO, Mali -- A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali's predominately Tuareg north, said on the social media platform X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali’s predominately Tuareg north, said on X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

A significant military hardwares, including armoured vehicles, artillery, and engineering vehicles, have been spotted in the streets of Bamako, Mali.

Barrick Gold suspends mining operations in Mali after government seizes gold stocks from Loulo-Gounkoto complex and flew them out by helicopter over the weekend.

Mali's military government is holding gold seized from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine site at state-owned Banque Malienne de Solidarite (BMS), two sources said, as the miner pursues plans to suspend its operations in the country.

BAMAKO/DAKAR (Reuters) -Mali's government has begun enforcing a provisional order to seize gold stock at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto site, the Canadian miner said in a note to Malian staff, warning again that it may have to suspend operations at the complex.

The military-led government in Mali seized around three metric tons of gold from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto complex, intensifying a dispute over mining contracts. The seized gold, valued at $245 million,

A Tuareg rebel alliance in northern Mali has released a Spanish man kidnapped in North Africa on Jan. 17, two of the group's spokesmen said late on Monday.