Reuters: Mali News

Mali sees higher cotton output despite instability

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:30 +0000

BAMAKO, May 16 (Reuters) - Mali confirmed on Wednesday its forecast for a strong rise in local cotton production for the 2012/2013 season despite unrest that included a March 22 military coup and a rebellion that has since gained control of the northern part of the country.

UPDATE 1-Mali Islamists to let first aid convoy enter Timbuktu

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:12:37 +0000

* Islamists blocked convoy because of women in reception committee

Soccer-African Confederation Cup draw

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:49 +0000

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Draw for the fourth round of the African Confederation Cup made on Tuesday: Maghreb Fes (Morocco, holders) v AC Leopards (Congo) Al Hilal (Sudan) v Club Olympique Bamako (Mali) Academie Football Amadou Diallo (Ivory Coast) v Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) Al Merreikh (Sudan) v Black Leopards (South Africa) Djoliba (Mali) v Club Africain (Tunisia) Dynamos (Zimbabwe) v InterClube (Angola) Stade Malien (Mali) v Olympique Meknes (Morocco)

Islamists block first Mali aid convoy to Timbuktu

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:43:02 +0000

TIMBUKTU, May 15 (Reuters) - Mali's Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine blocked an aid convoy with tonnes of food and medical supplies for the northern city of Timbuktu on Tuesday, objecting to the presence of women in a reception committee set up for the aid.

UPDATE 1-Mali coup leaders threatened with new sanctions

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:37 +0000

* Accuse military offers of blocking return to civilian rule

Mali coup leaders threatened with new sanctions

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:52:53 +0000

* Mali's neighbours threaten to reimpose sanctions on ex-junta

INTERVIEW-Africa Finance Corp eyeing $3 bln deals in a year

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:47:03 +0000

NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) - Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth $3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over the next year, its chief executive said on Monday.

IMF cuts sub-Saharan Africa 2012 growth forecasts

Mon, 14 May 2012 03:30:00 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, May 14 (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa's economies will expand at a slower rate in 2012 than earlier projected, undermined by global financial distress and a sluggish recovery in South Africa, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday.

U.S. calls on Mali coup leader to step aside

Sat, 12 May 2012 02:54:09 +0000

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday called on the officer who led a military coup in Mali in March to step aside and allow for the full return to civilian rule.

INTERVIEW-Mali crisis needs to be resolved fast-African Development Bank

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:31:53 +0000