Mali’s mining code change in 2024 puts pressure on foreign companies in the country.

Mali’s cabinet has approved a proposal to extend Colonel Assimi Goïta’s leadership for a renewable five-year term, allowing him to further consolidate ongoing reforms in the country.

The step toward judicial integration further advances the unification of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which earlier this year unveiled a common flag and a regional passport, allowing its people to cross borders freely.

Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the OIF has become “a remote-controlled political instrument” operated from Paris to suit its “geopolitical considerations”.

The AES unveils a new flag as the member nations forge a new path toward regional unity, economic independence, and territorial security.

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.

An interview with journalist Alex Anfruns Millán on the “Pan-African revolution” in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger

Land area under ECOWAS, which is condemned by West Africa’s popular movements as an agent of French imperialism, has been reduced to less than half after their withdrawal

At the UN General Assembly, Mali and Burkina Faso reiterated their rejection of a military intervention against Niger, recalling the devastating 2011 NATO-led war on Libya and its role in fueling violence in the Sahel

As an ECOWAS military threat looms over Niger, the three countries have formally declared that any act of aggression against one will be considered an aggression against all. The leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have come to power in popularly-backed coups amid mass anti-French anger and rising insecurity in the Sahel

Russia and the government of Mali had objected to the indefinite extension of sanctions as harmful for the political process to establish peace in the country. They had sought a provision whereby the sanctions regime would be wound up in August 2024

A recent referendum has brought about major changes to Mali’s constitution and laid the foundations for elections next year. Despite challenges posed by separatist groups and Islamist insurgency, there is hope that the referendum is a step in the right direction