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UNICEF Mali Humanitarian Situation Report No. 2, 1 to 28th February 2021 Format Highlights As of February 2021, 174,342 people were provided with household water treatment and hygiene kits as part of the temporary response to emergencies in Bamako, Sikasso, Mopti, Gao, Timbuktu and Menaka regions. 4,996 children (2,442 girls) were reached with mental health and psychosocial support, holistic assistance and socio-economic reintegration support in the northern and central Mali as well as in Bamak...

Print article When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal’s pinata business in Anchorage went to pieces — and not in a good way for a pinata maker. “Many of the projects I had were moved to other dates,” she told Alaska Public Media. “Many were canceled.” Tolladay Vidal had to find fresh ideas to rejuvenate her business and settled on making large, coronavirus-shaped pinatas. After Tolladay Vidal posted a photograph of a homemade coronavirus pinata on ...

Chadian president Deby dies battling rebels: army THE ‘MARSHAL’: Chadian President Idriss Deby ruled Chad with an iron fist since taking power in 1990, but he was also a key ally in the West’s anti-militant campaign AFP, N’DJAMENA Chadian President Idriss Deby has died in combat just a day after securing re-election, opening a period of uncertainty in a country that is a key strategic ally of the West in a troubled region. His son was immediat...

Gadens set to capitalise on ‘tidal wave’ of regulatory reforms with RegTech solution By Emma Ryan|15 April 2021 The national law firm has its eyes set on becoming the go-to for regulatory matters, launching a new platform for the financial services sector. Gadens’ cloud-based RegTech platform, dubbed Breach Manager, has been rolled out to the market this month, targeting Australian financial institutions. The launch of Breach Manager comes in lockstep with a plethora of regulatory refor...

Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati was shot dead in Bamako on Tuesday morning by unidentified individuals. The new is according to people close to the now-deceased acting president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) — an alliance of former Tuareg independence and Arab nationalist armed groups that fought against Malian forces in the north from 2012 before signing the Algiers peace agreement in 2015 As per a post on social media from the CMA, “We have just lost our president Sidi Brahim Ould...

National and foreign forces deployed to fight terrorism in the Sahel are increasingly harming civilians. Figures from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) indicate that security forces caused more civilian fatalities in Mali and Burkina Faso in 2020 than violent extremist groups or communal violence. Civilian fatalities by attributed perpetrator in 2020. (Source: ACLED) Things aren’t getting any better this year. French Operation Barkhane, Chadian contingents of the G5 Sah...

National and foreign forces deployed to fight terrorism in the Sahel are increasingly harming civilians. Figures from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) indicate that security forces caused more civilian fatalities in Mali and Burkina Faso in 2020 than violent extremist groups or communal violence. Civilian fatalities by attributed perpetrator in 2020 Advertisement Advertisement Things aren’t getting any better this year. French Operation Barkhane, Chadian contingents of...

MALI: Running From Something  April 14, 2021: Mali, plus neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger are now the area where most Islamic terrorist activity is going on. Islamic terror groups have been largely subdued, or put on the defensive in the rest of the world. That last place where Islamic terrorists can operate with the least resistance and interference is centered on Mali. This trend first manifested itself in 2010 when Islamic terrorists fleeing Algeria a...

The new is according to people close to the now-deceased acting president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) -- an alliance of former Tuareg independence and Arab nationalist armed groups that fought against Malian forces in the north from 2012 before signing the Algiers peace agreement in 2015 As per a post on social media from the CMA, "We have just lost our president Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati assassinated this morning in Bamako." Sidati was outside his residence, where he was repa...

4 March 2013: Malian hip-hop artist Pheno S outside the Askia Mosque in his hometown of Gao. (Photograph by Salym Fayad) Sahel Sounds is a portal into alternate realities. The small independent label has made music from the greater West African Sahel region accessible over the past decade, including from remote desert areas in Mali, Niger and Mauritania.  Founder Christopher Kirkley runs Sahel Sounds from Portland, Oregon, in the United States and the project encompasses writing, archives, res...