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Climate change, as well as terrorist activity, has caused a massive ecosystem collapse in the Sahel over the last century.

A prominent Malian TV and radio presenter was acquitted on charges that he falsely claimed a former Premier had been murdered in custody by the ruling junta. Mohamed Youssouf Bathily was placed in custody on March 13. He remains in custody pending the outcome of other charges in the same case.

Mali's prominent TV and Radio broadcaster, Mohamed, has been set free after almost three months in jail over the PM's assassination claims.

FRANCE 24 and its sister radio RFI have joined a group of 30 African and international news organisations and monitors in an appeal for press freedom in Mali and Burkina Faso. The news outlets and rights…

Clashes between jihadist groups are increasing as they seek to strengthen their territorial control, Jamaa Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), the Sahels largest jihadist umbrella alliance, is under pressure from an aggressive fightback by Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), determined to reinforce its hold over much of Ménaka region in north-east Mali.

A Malian journalist who vanished following a press conference he organised last week has been found "safe and sound", according to a crisis group set up by colleagues after his disappearance.

BAMAKO, April 11, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - A Malian journalist who vanished following a press conference he organised last week has been

A journalist has disappeared in junta-ruled Mali after a press conference he helped organise to call for the release of a detained colleague, his collective association said Friday.

Reporters without Borders (RSF) warned this week it was becoming increasingly difficult to work as a journalist in the Sahel nation, caught between armed groups, jihadist violence and pressure from the authorities and the military regime.

A well-known radio and television host in Mali was charged and imprisoned Monday in Bamako after declaring that a former prime minister who died in detention a year ago under the junta had been "murdered ", we learned.