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The International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor said Tuesday that they are monitoring the situation in Mali for potential crimes under the ICC's jurisdiction. The statement notes that Mali has ratified...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expressed concern on Wednesday over the new wave of arrests targeted at high-ranking officials within Mali. BAn demanded immediate release of those who had been imprisoned and asked that the junta...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday called for urgent national and international action to bring an end to the political instability and continuing human rights violations in Mali. According to Pillay,...

Coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo, who took control of Mali last month, on Friday signed an agreement in which he agreed to return constitutional power to the country. The coup, headed by Sanogo took power over...

The Mali junta issued a statement Tuesday accusing rebels in the northern town of Gao of grave human rights violations, particularly the kidnap and rape of local women and girls. Last month the military overthrew President Amadou Toumani Toure...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday expressed concern over political and security instability in Mali, and how ongoing fighting between government forces and Tuareg rebels will affect Malians forced to flee their...

A Mali leader announced on Sunday that he would reinstate the country's 1992 Constitution and create a transitional government to hold elections. Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, who led Malian soldiers in a military coup [JURIST...

Mali leaders announced on Thursday that they have drafted a new constitution following last week's military coup . In a statement read on Mali state television, it was announced that the new constitution will allow citizens to demonstrate...

Acting head of the EU delegation in Mali, Bertrand Soret, on Tuesday met with the leader of last week's military coup urging a quick return to constitutional order in the country. President Amadou Toumani Toure [Al Jazeera...

The president of Mali was removed from office on Wednesday after Malian soldiers took control of the government and suspended the constitution. After removing President Amadou Toumani Toure , the soldiers announced the suspension of the constitution...