By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has arrived in Bamako for a working visit. The trip comes after his appointment as head of ECOWAS and is intended to allow discussions with the Malian authorities in the capital. The duration and detailed programme of the visit have not been specified.
Two thousand four hundred recruits, including 800 women, have joined the strategic reserve of the Malian Armed Forces after six months of military and civic training. The seventh cohort was presented with its colours on 13 October in Bamako at a ceremony chaired by Assimi Goïta, according to Malian authorities.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Beninwebtv ·
The Gambian electoral commission plans to publish the final voters’ list next week, after magistrates review the registers, its chair Joseph Colley announced. Checks of entries from the 2026 supplementary registration are intended to remove names not retained before the final electorate figures are set, according to the commission, cited by Kerr Fatou.
🇬🇲 Gambia · Source: Kerr Fatou ·
Senegal came from behind to beat Mauritania 2-1 in Bamako in their opening match of the UFOA-A U20 tournament. Moussa Gueye scored both Senegalese goals, including the winner in the 84th minute, according to Lesoleil and UFOA-A.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Lesoleil ·
US authorities have revoked the citizenship of Vivian Chike Obichere, a Nigerian-born woman, for concealing passport-related fraudulent activities before her naturalisation. The measure came 13 years after she obtained citizenship, Vanguard reports.
🌍 World · Source: Vanguard ·
Mali anti-corruption office refers 13 cases to courts in 2024Mali’s transitional president Assimi Goïta received the 2021 and 2024 reports of the Central Office for the Fight against Illicit Enrichment, presented by its president, Modibo Sacko. In 2024, the Office examined 48 cases and referred 13 to the courts, according to results presented at the handover in Koulouba, Bamako.
Ibrahima Thiam urges Senegal not to normalise xenophobiaIbrahima Thiam, president of ACT, urges people not to normalise discourse targeting foreigners in Senegal. In an opinion piece carried by Xibaaru, he distinguishes the fight against xenophobia from border controls and the enforcement of residency rules.The week in Africa
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