Mali's ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The airwaves in Mali’s capital fell silent on Tuesday and newspapers didn’t print a morning edition in protest over the arrest last week of an editor who published an open letter ...

The ruling military junta, which came to power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, has suspended several media outlets -- particularly foreign ones -- and silenced or imprisoned journalists and ...

A sweeping crackdown across Mali has seen journalists detained, outlets suspended, and coverage paralysed as authorities and armed groups tighten control over information. This statement was ...

This week, Mali’s National Transition Council adopted a bill that effectively abolishes multiparty politics across the country. The new law officially bans opposition political meetings, speeches, and ...

BAMAKO, MaliBAMAKO, Mali — The High Authority for Communication of Mali announced Wednesday it is permanently suspending French media outlets Radio France International and France 24, two of the most ...

On the night of Thursday July 12, 2012, Saouti Haidara, the 62 year old director of the Malian newspaper L’Indépendant and a veteran of the Bamako press, was kidnapped by masked men, beaten, then ...

Mali's media regulator the HAC has suspended French broadcasters LCI and TF1 ‘until further notice.' The ruling military junta, which came to power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, has ...

Mali's media regulator the HAC has suspended French broadcasters LCI and TF1 over allegedly using "unverified statements and falsehoods" regarding jihadists in this Sahelian country, according to a ...