Bamako: African Union Commission President Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed serious concern over an ongoing jihadist blockade in Mali, calling for “urgent international action”. For weeks, jihadists with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) have imposed a fuel blockade on Mali, creating a major crisis for
Bamako: A string of coups and the expulsion of former colonial power France in favor of Russian support have not deterred insurgents from gaining strength throughout the so-called coup belt from Burkina Faso to Niger. The blockade on Bamako has made it perilous for fuel delivery trucks to reach the
Bamako: African Union Commission President Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed serious concern over an ongoing jihadist blockade in Mali, calling for “urgent international action”. For weeks, jihadists with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) have imposed a fuel blockade on Mali, creating a major crisis for
The Court of Appeal today sentenced a former assistant general manager of a telecommunication company to one year in prison for dishonest misappropriation of the companys property totalling over RM1.5 million. According to BERNAMA News Agency, a three-member bench of the Court of Appeal, led by Datuk Azman Abdullah, who
A former soldier today lost his appeal at the Federal Court here to reinstate a High Court decision that had awarded him RM300,000 in damages for wrongful detention spanning 311 days pending court-martial proceedings, 11 years ago. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Farid Wan