Shelling killed one child and wounded at least two other people in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, a local official and a hospital source said.“On Saturday… at 5:30 pm, armed terrorist groups… targeted the town of Timbuktu with a shell that fell n…
Briefing the Security Council, El-Ghassim Wane, who is also the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali, updated ambassadors on the Mission’s withdrawal process.Vital work“MINUSMA may be leaving Mali, but the United Nations, through it…
Closing a mission built over a decade within a period of six months is “a complex and ambitious endeavour”, especially amid a host of other constraints linked to security, logistics, geography and infrastructure, the top UN official in Mali told the Se…
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has signalled the desire of President Bola Tinubu administration to ameliorate poverty among the citizenry.Shortly after her swearing in Abuja, Edu declared: “A lot of intervention…
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has urged members of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms to develop a robust roadmap that will transform the nation’s economy.Shettima gave the advice on Monday when he received the members o…