Tag: Bamako
Ukraine Liveticker: Tschernobyl-Mitarbeiter in Sorge über verschwundene Kollegen
Mitarbeiter des ehemaligen ukrainischen Kernkraftwerks Tschernobyl sorgen sich um ihre mutmaßlich nach Russland verschleppten Kollegen. „Es bekümmert uns“, sagte Ingenieur Walerij Semjonow dem russischsprachigen Ableger des britischen Senders BBC. Die…
Bundeswehr mission in Mali: Lambrecht visits Bamako – politics
Pressure is growing on Germany to remain militarily engaged in Mali. El-Ghassim Wane, the United Nations Secretary-General’s special envoy who heads the Minusma stabilization mission in Mali, described Germany’s contribution…
Bamako asks France to withdraw its soldiers from its territory “without delay”
French soldiers are no longer welcome in Mali. The ruling junta in Bamako on Friday asked France to “withdraw without delay” its military forces from the West African country. However,…
Three things to know about the tensions between Paris and Bamako
The rag has been burning for several weeks between Mali and France. Faced with a military junta that is turning away from the former colonial power and its European allies…
Air France suspends flights to Bamako and the European Union will take sanctions against the junta
The Air France company announced Wednesday the suspension of its links with Mali “with immediate effect”, after Paris followed suit with ECOWAS to sanction the junta. “Pursuant to the decisions…