By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Studio Tamani
Three teachers kidnapped by armed men at the San Educational Support Centre in Mali were released on Thursday 29 October 2026. The establishment’s officials attribute their release to the involvement of the local population, according to Studio Tamani.
An attack by unidentified armed men killed one person and left another wounded by gunfire on Thursday 22 October in the village of Danlekanda, in the commune of Muétoumou, Bandiagara cercle, Mali. The injured person was being taken to the Bandiagara referral health centre, reports Studio Tamani.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Studio Tamani ·
Armed men forced the closure of schools in Sorontibougou and Djénidjé Bambara, in the rural commune of Toubacoura, Banamba cercle, Mali, Studio Tamani reports, in news relayed by Bamada.net. The closure, on Friday 23 October, adds to other school disruptions recorded in the commune in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and has worried parents.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Studio Tamani ·
Malian police arrested two men suspected of supplying fuel to terrorist armed groups in Kayes on 16 and 18 October 2026. Investigators are seeking to establish the scale of the network and identify any accomplices, according to Mali Actu.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Mali Actu ·
The Malian Armed Forces announced two strikes against suspected terrorist gatherings on 26 and 27 October near Léré and Diabaly. The general staff said it targeted about 15 armed men, then a position with vehicles and motorbikes, according to its report.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Bénin Web TV ·
Dozo hunters clash with Jnim around Sounga in MaliTraditional dozo hunters clashed last week with al-Qaeda-linked Jnim jihadists around Sounga, near Djenné in Mali's Mopti region. The village rejects their rule, while the Malian army is absent from the area, RFI reports.
Niger: 33 detainees die after 11 hours in overcrowded cellThirty-three detainees died in an overcrowded, poorly ventilated cell in Niger after spending eleven hours gasping for air, according to testimonies reported by France 24. The guards allegedly ignored their calls for help and the cell was reportedly cleaned before any investigation, the French media outlet reports.The week in Africa
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