https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/country/malihttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/05/scwl-m05.htmlAgainst the backdrop of the war against Iran and Russia, the conflict between the anti-imperialist aspirations of the Malian masses and the bourgeois politics of the Malian junta is emerging ever more clearly.Tue, 05 May 2026 02:28:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4fb41359-80f1-45f1-b3e9-ee76f23fe8dH/scwl-m05.html2026-05-05T02:28:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/20/oqeb-s20.htmlAs Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso develop ties with Russia, the danger is mounting that the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine will explode across Africa.Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:18:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/589ad0fe-451d-482a-9b34-3ed6786fb4cG/oqeb-s20.html2023-09-20T00:18:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/16/cdyd-m16.htmlBerlin, which is playing an increasingly aggressive role in NATO’s proxy war against Russia, is also pushing ahead with German imperialism’s offensive in Africa.Mon, 16 May 2022 04:20:39 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0faf3e9f-2474-4f88-8944-17b401654cfG/cdyd-m16.html2022-05-16T04:20:39Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/19/mali-f19.htmlThis withdrawal, driven by mounting popular opposition to French imperialism, comes amid the closely related NATO operations to provoke a war with Russia over Ukraine.Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:24:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/16eac192-57ed-4c06-9448-b5a8aed9626N/mali-f19.html2022-02-19T05:24:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/14/mali-o14.htmlIn a statement made last Friday to the Russian news service RIA Novosti, Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga accused the French government of secretly arming Islamist terrorists to maintain the conflict in the country and justify the French military occupation.Thu, 14 Oct 2021 05:32:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1120282b-d7ca-451c-b9dd-9b879e41480O/mali-o14.html2021-10-14T05:32:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/09/27/mali-s27.htmlJust over a month after the humiliating US withdrawal from Afghanistan, France’s eight-year, neo-colonial war in its former West African colony is collapsing.Mon, 27 Sep 2021 02:40:59 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a8e7e6fe-e648-43b9-9bba-2338f5d4cf1O/mali-s27.html2021-09-27T02:40:59Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/12/mali-j12.htmlThe junta and the interim government aim to suppress mounting opposition among working and toiling people across Mali to the French occupation of their country.Sat, 12 Jun 2021 03:20:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a878916a-c3c5-4e6c-a80d-85b0d2cf49cI/mali-j12.html2021-06-12T03:20:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/07/bfas-j07.htmlThe wave of massacres spreading in the Sahel is the product of France’s eight-year war in Mali and similar imperialist interventions across the region.Mon, 07 Jun 2021 01:22:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/685ac227-9ec5-4c8b-a9f3-fed9f2f5ec4C/bfas-j07.html2021-06-07T01:22:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/04/mali-j04.htmlMacron’s arrogant statement came shortly after a new putsch by Mali’s military junta removed the figurehead civilian president and prime minister it had installed.Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:11:42 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/de7173b1-8992-46d0-b8db-cad4f66da03M/mali-j04.html2021-06-04T02:11:42Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/26/mali-m26.htmlThe arrest of top Malian officials comes as the West African nation has been paralyzed by growing social unrest and the devastation of French imperialism’s war in the Sahel.Wed, 26 May 2021 02:24:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7a58f3b4-454c-4ec2-8d0c-092bd86dbf2D/mali-m26.html2021-05-26T02:24:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/05/mali-a05.htmlImmediately after the airstrike, the Macron government maintained that it had hit a gathering of 30 members of an “armed terrorist group.”Mon, 05 Apr 2021 01:50:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bf3a4af7-9968-4bbd-abc1-0014f481144B/mali-a05.html2021-04-05T01:50:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/18/sahe-f18.htmlThe French army has waged the neo-colonial war under the cynical banner of the fight against terrorism and the defence of the local population.Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:30:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1b1f1fad-5cae-4bc5-9d79-48811e307fcD/sahe-f18.html2021-02-18T00:30:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/08/mali-d08.htmlEarlier this year, Mali witnessed months of protests against the French occupation, launched in 2013, and the ethnic massacres between rival militias that Paris tolerates, and uses to divide and rule the country.Tue, 08 Dec 2020 03:26:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/701c7255-af96-4aed-883e-66169d61909H/mali-d08.html2020-12-08T03:26:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/npam-a25.htmlThis web site, linked to the Socialist Workers Party (PTS) of Argentina, hailed a putsch led by a junta of colonels that has proclaimed its loyalty to the French occupation of Mali.Tue, 25 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/57cea9f4-6515-401c-a215-fa6e5d4e146I/npam-a25.html2020-08-25T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/21/mali-a21.htmlThe coup leaders exploited growing anger among workers and youth at Keïta, but then declared they would support France’s neo-colonial occupation of their country.Fri, 21 Aug 2020 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8ca40937-3b96-4636-b391-e2efad9e9c0I/mali-a21.html2020-08-21T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/10/burk-j10.htmlThe report exposes the Franco-German-led war as a neo-colonial intervention to subjugate the resource-rich and geo-strategically critical region and its population.Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b52829b4-f23e-40be-a816-c1bccebdd59N/burk-j10.html2020-07-10T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/22/mali-j22.htmlThe protests are driven by anger over rising inequality, the government’s negligent response to the coronavirus pandemic, and extrajudicial killings by security forces.Mon, 22 Jun 2020 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a7b5e873-0f4a-4a8a-951f-538d8789b73A/mali-j22.html2020-06-22T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/mali-j16.htmlAnger is exploding against the carnage produced by the French war in Mali and against official lies that France is waging a global war on terror.Thu, 16 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c0e38841-403a-4fb6-bcc0-68c958b62bdD/mali-j16.html2020-01-16T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/mali-j04.htmlOver the holidays, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer reiterated her call for a massive expansion of the Franco-German campaign in the Sahel region.Sat, 04 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/87200113-6576-4c22-959f-413e1d5be81P/mali-j04.html2020-01-04T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/05/mali-n05.htmlThe attack came last Friday on a Malian army outpost at Indelimane, near the border with Niger, as the seventh year of the French-led war in Mali was drawing to a close.Tue, 05 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5e5c498d-2643-45d1-9c80-5c295349d34D/mali-n05.html2019-11-05T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/mali-o17.htmlThe German government is preparing to expand its Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) mission in Mali and Niger into a massive combat operation and to extend it indefinitely.Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/756009b7-0234-4394-94e2-213d953624fB/mali-o17.html2019-10-17T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/11/mali-s11.htmlFrance and Germany’s neo-colonial occupation of the country is part of a renewed scramble for West Africa.Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3bc1b831-e47d-4eea-8985-2a103c8b4d1B/mali-s11.html2019-09-11T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/12/mali-j12.htmlThis is the latest in a series of massacres amid growing ethnic conflicts in Mali provoked by the French and German occupation of the country.Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c0a276ef-5238-4383-a64d-18e18affaf1A/mali-j12.html2019-06-12T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/23/mali-m23.htmlBerlin’s Africa Strategy is aimed at advancing its economic and geo-strategic interests by military means.Thu, 23 May 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/24e0f860-54f4-4100-91fc-3f734be1c06K/mali-m23.html2019-05-23T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/24/mali-a24.htmlThe government collapsed amid strikes and mass protests after the horrific ethnic massacre on March 23 in the village of Ogossagou.Wed, 24 Apr 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/459b0ddf-e9b5-40cf-9393-b0cc775acb4L/mali-a24.html2019-04-24T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/30/mali-m30.htmlUnder occupation by French and German troops, Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world, is being torn apart by bloody ethnic violence.Sat, 30 Mar 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a9019fe9-2ed4-4ed3-8968-94ea85b6ea1A/mali-m30.html2019-03-30T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/30/mali-a30.htmlPresented as an act of humanitarian charity, Canada’s intervention in Mali is aimed at laying claim to huge swathes of Africa’s mineral riches.Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f5666cf0-567e-4780-a786-40483113200O/mali-a30.html2018-08-30T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/03/21/cmal-m21.htmlCanadian mining companies have more than $1 billion invested in Mali and according to a 2014 estimate, more than $30 billion invested across Africa.Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/449a5db4-d64b-4df9-9820-ff98ba1095aA/cmal-m21.html2018-03-21T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/11/18/sahe-n18.htmlThe spreading war in the Sahel, which flows from the 2011 NATO war in Libya, threatens to plunge the entire region into a broader war and humanitarian crisis.Sat, 18 Nov 2017 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2cc64c2b-6359-49d0-974a-98b7fb9dab7D/sahe-n18.html2017-11-18T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/11/15/mali-n15.htmlReports from unnamed US officials indicate that the two murder suspects were stealing cash from a “slush fund” set aside for the purpose of paying informants.Wed, 15 Nov 2017 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/52f3fb46-edba-4c15-b576-23d9e694616O/mali-n15.html2017-11-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/07/18/mali-j18.htmlThe imperialist war in Mali, spearheaded by France, is aimed at seizing control of the massive energy reserves in the West African country.Tue, 18 Jul 2017 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c3117c9d-7b95-4e6e-a006-6f457c0e4d0E/mali-j18.html2017-07-18T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/09/refu-m09.htmlWars waged or organized by the American government in numerous African countries, including Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Mali, have turned millions into refugees.Thu, 09 Mar 2017 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/db1d9926-addd-4eee-8916-555b845d624N/refu-m09.html2017-03-09T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/01/28/mali-j28.htmlThe upper limit for the number of German soldiers deployed as part the UN mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, is to be increased by 350 to more than 1,000.Sat, 28 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b4dfb4f5-d583-4ef2-b163-fe1ac2e1f9dA/mali-j28.html2017-01-28T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/05/19/mali-m19.htmlSeparate missions in Mali and the Horn of Africa are aimed at strengthening Germany’s economic and strategic interests in Africa by military means.Thu, 19 May 2016 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7db8cba6-23c9-4bb3-beaa-9301d60d131P/mali-m19.html2016-05-19T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/04/07/mali-a07.htmlThe defence minister’s visit to troops in Mali is part of the return to an aggressive foreign policy.Thu, 07 Apr 2016 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f63d7ec8-8aeb-41e5-99d2-a3fad919ae5D/mali-a07.html2016-04-07T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/15/gauc-f15.htmlGerman President Joachim Gauck’s trip to Nigeria and Mali is a sign of Germany’s growing economic and political influence in Africa.Mon, 15 Feb 2016 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3c4a37f3-1b5b-4764-a2f4-040aee55a7cF/gauc-f15.html2016-02-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/11/germ-j11.htmlA glance at the foreign ministry’s web site leaves no doubt about the economic interests being pursued by German imperialism.Mon, 11 Jan 2016 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5c60de05-80ba-4343-929a-dc416633276N/germ-j11.html2016-01-11T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/11/21/atta-n21.htmlThere are already signs that the United States and France are seizing on the attack to intensify their military operations on the continent.Sat, 21 Nov 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/af344633-d7d3-4339-8b40-e746dab6371M/atta-n21.html2015-11-21T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/11/20/mali-n20.htmlThe German army is preparing a massive expansion of its operations in the West African country, beginning with a dangerous combat mission in the north.Fri, 20 Nov 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/071e7008-f1a0-4842-a81d-9568c81aabfG/mali-n20.html2015-11-20T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/08/04/germ-a04.htmlThe German defense minister’s recent visit to Africa is part of the country’s scramble for the continent’s resources.Tue, 04 Aug 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/aa8dfdb8-0e17-4529-b0ab-fb8ac874defI/germ-a04.html2015-08-04T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/05/27/mali-m27.htmlFrance confirmed that it carried out the extrajudicial killing of top Al Qaeda militants in northern Mali during a special forces raid on May 17-18.Wed, 27 May 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b1905ec4-4aa6-4c5e-a959-9b6414e6dffP/mali-m27.html2015-05-27T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/08/27/frma-a27.htmlAfter last year’s military campaign in northern Mali, Paris is launching expanded military operations in West Africa.Wed, 27 Aug 2014 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1d6525fa-f378-4d48-bf5a-83e15c69e30E/frma-a27.html2014-08-27T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/05/28/afri-m28.htmlUS Special Forces are training and arming military units in Libya, Niger, Mauritania and Mali as part of an expanded intervention in Africa.Wed, 28 May 2014 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fc26ebd5-4b5a-4848-92ed-c474a672d3eB/afri-m28.html2014-05-28T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/13/npac2-j13.htmlThe NPA writes not as an opponent of imperialism, but as an advocate of different, perhaps more clever policies to pursue increasingly unpopular wars.Mon, 13 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/480ff200-0d29-4181-8fa4-54dad6724adJ/npac2-j13.html2014-01-13T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/11/11/mali-n11.htmlTwo correspondents for Radio France Internationale were abducted and murdered in war-torn northern Mali on November 2.Mon, 11 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bb693855-744f-4d3e-bbde-c04b02c414bP/mali-n11.html2013-11-11T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/08/09/mali-a09.htmlThe election was organized in order to provide a pseudo-democratic rationale for France's invasion and ongoing neo-colonial occupation of Mali.Fri, 09 Aug 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3a2e8a57-af92-4351-a9a8-85037bd5378G/mali-a09.html2013-08-09T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/27/mali-m27.htmlAn international donor conference organised by the European Union, France and Mali in Brussels on May 13 pledged €3.25 billion of aid to Mali.Mon, 27 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c412ac43-565e-4695-bdf0-21ca5853445F/mali-m27.html2013-05-27T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/13/mali-a13.htmlContrary to the French president’s claims that his country made a lightning response to a terrorist threat, the invasion of Mali was prepared long beforehand.Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2f7ddf26-2c22-4c54-b8c6-abbe099c702F/mali-a13.html2013-04-13T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/25/abou-m25.htmlOn Saturday, the French government confirmed the death of Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), in northern Mali.Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f0a424e9-05bc-43ea-a42d-468024cfa61D/abou-m25.html2013-03-25T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/22/mali-m22.htmlGerman defence minister Thomas de Maizière made a surprise trip to Mali last weekend.Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1379d8b8-ddbe-4b82-973c-40a1c9a5019C/mali-m22.html2013-03-22T05:00:00Z