Mali’s new penal code came into effect on 13 December 2024. It equates same-sex sexual relations with indecent assault and makes it a criminal act.

Mali’s military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as part of a legal battle over the share of revenue owed to the West African state, according to an internal Barrick letter seen by The Associated Press.

Ghana's president and Mali's junta-appointed prime minister on Thursday committed to strengthening relations in the face of rising jihadist violence and instability across west Africa.

By Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal and Giulia Paravicini DAKAR (Reuters) -Mali began flying gold out of Canadian miner Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto complex by helicopter on Saturday, four sources close to the situation said,

Mali is set to get 750-billion CFA francs ($1.2-billion) from miners in the first quarter this year following an overhaul of its mining sector. In late December, Mali had received 500-billion CFA francs following talks with mining companies,

Mali's military government has seized three tonnes of gold from Canadian company Barrick amid a legal battle over owed revenues. The gold, valued at USD 180 million, was transported to Bamako, Mali's capital.

Mali’s military junta started executing an interim order to seize gold at a mine run by Barrick Gold Corp., escalating a dispute over the West African government’s share of revenues from the project.

Barrick Gold Corp. said it will have to halt mining in Mali soon if the government doesn’t stop disrupting exports and operations at its mine. The world’s No. 2 gold producer is locked in an acrimonious dispute with the authorities in the West African ...

“As long as we continue to build houses with wood in places that are expected to burn, the only outcome we can expect is that houses will burn,” says Michele Barbato, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California Davis. “We need to build noncombustible homes.”

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

Canada’s Robex Resources has been running the Nampala gold mine in Mali since 2017. Since then, the mine has delivered 230,000 ounces of gold. Last year, the Malian government doubled its stake in the project,