Mali

France in Africa: Troops withdrawn, financial controls remain

Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called June 16 for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA),…

June 23, 2023

They want to lead us into war – interview with historic African leader from Mali

By Raphaël Schmeller This interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré was first published Nov. 30 in the German newspaper junge Welt…

December 2, 2022

In Chad: ‘France, get out, no to colonization!’

Several hundred people demonstrated May 14 in N’Djamena, capital of Chad, against the presence of France in north-central Africa and…

June 3, 2022

France agrees to withdraw troops from Mali

President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that French troops will be pulling out of their bases in Gossi, Menaka and…

February 25, 2022

Mali: Mass anti-imperialist mobilizations win Pan-African solidarity

An historic mobilization of the Malian people by the hundreds of thousands in support of the transitional government in Mali…

January 26, 2022

People of the Sahel oppose imperialism

After two weeks of struggle — burning barricades, smashed windows and mirrors, Molotov cocktails, masses of people on the road,…

December 10, 2021

Mali’s people mobilize against imperialism

Although French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that his government is winding down its intervention in Mali, French imperialism is…

November 16, 2021

Malians demonstrate against French military presence

By Carlos Lopes Pereira The author writes regularly on African events for the Portuguese Communist Party. This article was published…

February 5, 2021

Masses cheer as protests force out government in Mali

  After months of agitation and protests — some going on for days, involving  thousands of people and substantial injuries…

August 29, 2020

Popular protest shakes former French colony Mali

Tens of thousands of Malians in the capital Bamako came out in the streets July 10 for three days of…

July 22, 2020