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3 weeks ago | 
businesslive.co.za | Boureima Balima |Fadimata Kontao
Athens — West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they said in a statement. The Alliance of Sahel States began in 2023 as a security pact between the military rulers of the three countries, who all took power in coups in recent years.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
theglobeandmail.com | Fadimata Kontao |Portia Crowe
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
reuters.com | Portia Crowe |Fadimata Kontao
A small toy figure and gold imitation are seen in front of the Barrick logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Jan 13 (Reuters) - Mali's government has begun enforcing a provisional order to seize gold stock at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto site, the Canadian mining company said in a note to staff in the West African country. A Barrick employee in Mali confirmed the authenticity of the letter seen by Reuters.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
wmbdradio.com | Fadimata Kontao |Portia Crowe |David Lewis
By Fadimata Kontao, Portia Crowe and David LewisBAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali, one of Africa’s biggest gold producers, has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, a warrant document seen on Thursday by Reuters showed, escalating a dispute with the Canadian mining company.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
wtvbam.com | Fadimata Kontao |Portia Crowe |David Lewis
By Fadimata Kontao, Portia Crowe and David LewisBAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali, one of Africa’s biggest gold producers, has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, a warrant document seen on Thursday by Reuters showed, escalating a dispute with the Canadian mining company.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Fadimata Kontao |Portia Crowe |David Lewis
BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali, one of Africa's biggest gold producers, has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, a warrant document seen on Thursday by Reuters showed, escalating a dispute with the Canadian mining company. The West African country's junta-led government is seeking more income from the sector to bolster state revenues as prices of the precious metal rally and has detained mining executives to put pressure on foreign companies operating there.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
money.usnews.com | Fadimata Kontao |Portia Crowe |David Lewis
By Fadimata Kontao, Portia Crowe and David LewisBAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali, one of Africa's biggest gold producers, has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, a warrant document seen on Thursday by Reuters showed, escalating a dispute with the Canadian mining company.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
timeslive.co.za | Abdollah Ag Mohamed |Tiemoko Diallo |Fadimata Kontao
01 December 2024 - 17:53 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Mali's government said on Sunday it had killed a senior Tuareg rebel commander and other rebels in a drone strike on a town in the north of the country.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
whbl.com | Fadimata Kontao
By Fadimata KontaoBAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Maiga has been fired, state television ORTM said on Wednesday of the civilian who criticised the ruling junta’s failure to organise elections within a promised 24-month transition back to democracy. The military rulers, who seized power in successive coups in 2020 and 2021, had promised to hold elections in February but postponed the vote indefinitely for technical reasons.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
msn.com | Fadimata Kontao |Tiemoko Diallo |Idrissa Sangare
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