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The appeal comes days after coordinated attacks on junta positions and coincides with the start of a blockade on key roads into the city, raising fears of further instability in a nation already grappling with years of conflict and political upheaval.","title":"Jihadists urge united front against Mali junta as Bamako blockade begins","topic":"Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260430-jihadists-urge-united-front-against-mali-junta-as-bamako-blockade-begins","video_url":null},{"author":"Yinka OYETADE","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3657,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/ee651164-4535-11f1-a0b4-005056bfb2b6/w:1024/p:16x9/capture-142739083969f461279857a5-17140348.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-30T20:50:50","published_at_display":"30 Apr 2026, 20:50 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"In tonight's programme: Mali pays tribute to Defence Minister Sadio Camara, who was killed last weekend. 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Plus the world gets a fresh look at Winnie Mandela in a new Netflix documentary.","title":"Mali pays tribute to Defence Minister Sadio Camara","topic":"Eye on Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260430-mali-pays-tribute-to-defence-minister-sadio-camara","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3580,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/7844cbe4-449c-11f1-9257-005056bfb2b6/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260430-130758-131707-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-30T14:08:20","published_at_display":"30 Apr 2026, 14:08 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Amid fresh transatlantic tensions surrounding Iran, NATO, and US troops in Germany, Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Dr Christopher Featherstone, Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of York. Dr Featherstone sees a strained alliance caught between performance and paralysis. 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Sadio Camara was killed in a rebel bomb attack over the weekend as fighters from a Tuareg separatist group and an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group launched an assault against the military junta.","title":"Mali holds tribute for assassinated defence minister under tight security","topic":"Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260430-mali-holds-tribute-for-assassinated-defence-minister-under-tight-security","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3535,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/3d9a1592-448f-11f1-ac20-005056bf30b7/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260429-214630-215310-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-30T13:08:55","published_at_display":"30 Apr 2026, 13:08 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"In Mali, rebels have called for Russian forces to withdraw, with the pullback from Kidal highlighting growing pressure despite Moscow\u2019s claims of success and its habit of blaming external actors. 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The unit, expected to grow to over 20,000 personnel by 2028, aims to protect operations, strengthen state control and reassure investors as global competition for critical minerals intensifies. 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Deep in the Sahara, in Mauritania, extraction sites are multiplying across the desert. In the past few years, this gold rush has become a key pillar of the Mauritanian economy. 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As rebels push to expand their reach and demand the withdrawal of Russian forces, jihadists have also announced a blockade of roads into the capital Bamako, raising fears of further escalation.","title":"Mali crisis deepens as separatists and jihadists step up attacks","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/mali-crisis-deepens-as-separatists-and-jihadists-step-up-attacks","video_url":null},{"author":"The FRANCE 24 Observers","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3540,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/fcef0162-3f0a-11f1-91e5-005056bf30b7/w:1024/p:16x9/nigeria-5.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-30T10:14:52","published_at_display":"30 Apr 2026, 10:14 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Several women were sexually assaulted during a traditional festival in Nigeria\u2019s Delta state in March 2026. The Alue-do fertility festival is celebrated by members of the Oramudu community to help married women having trouble getting pregnant. At certain points, the ritual calls for single women to stay inside. Community leaders said the event was \u201chijacked by hoodlums\u201d from outside who didn\u2019t understand the tradition and began assaulting women in the streets.","title":"Women sexually assaulted during Nigerian fertility festival","topic":"The Observers","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20260430-women-sexually-assaulted-nigeria-fertility-festival","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE 24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3541,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/bcdbbffa-4484-11f1-bc50-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/2026-04-29T153211Z-2083140028-RC2ZWKA6BXFC-RTRMADP-3-MALI-SECURITY.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-30T10:13:10","published_at_display":"30 Apr 2026, 10:13 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Russia on Thursday said its forces would stay in Mali, rejecting a call from Tuareg rebels for Moscow to withdraw after separatists and jihadists launched attacks last weekend against the military junta, which Russian paramilitary forces have helped support.","title":"Russia rejects Tuareg rebels' call to withdraw from Mali","topic":"Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260430-russia-rejects-tuareg-rebels-call-to-withdraw-from-mali","video_url":null},{"author":"Yinka OYETADE","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3542,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/7689e302-4479-11f1-8104-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/capture-73717669769f324f534af04-80697941.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-29T20:33:17","published_at_display":"29 Apr 2026, 20:33 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"In tonight's edition: Mali's separatist Tuareg rebels declare the country's junta will fall, a day after its military leader said the situation was under control. Also, DR Congo is set to put boots on the ground to protect its lucrative mines. And tens of thousands of migrants continue to brave the Eastern Route each year, despite the number of people dying on the journey doubling to a record high in 2025.","title":"Tuareg rebels vow Mali's junta will fall","topic":"Eye on Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tuareg-rebels-vow-mali-junta-will-fall","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3543,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/cd5fa572-4401-11f1-a465-005056a90284/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260429-210415-211508-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-29T19:37:21","published_at_display":"29 Apr 2026, 19:37 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Michael Shurkin, Director of Global Programmes at 14 North Strategies, says that Mali faces a very high risk of a new coup d'\u00e9tat, adding that the jihadist group JNIM and the Tuareg rebels of the FLA \"clearly have the initiative and the Malian government is on the backfoot\".","title":"Mali faces 'very high risk' of new coup d'\u00e9tat, analyst says, amid jihadist insurgence","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260429-mali-faces-very-high-risk-of-new-coup-d-%C3%A9tat-analyst-says-amid-jihadist-insurgence","video_url":null}],"next_num":21,"page":20,"pages":26,"per_page":20,"prev_num":19,"total":506}