A government official says the president of Mali's transitional government has signed a decree dissolving political parties ...

An in-depth report published by the NGO Minority Rights Group International found that state-sponsored attacks carried out over three years were part of efforts to clear out the native Batwa ...

Political parties in Mali have taken legal action against the military government's decision to dissolve all parties and political organisations, a move seen as a direct attack on democratic ...

In Bamako, Mali, two pro-democracy activists, including a top opposition leader, were abducted after criticizing the military ...

Mali’s constitution was revised in a referendum on Friday, with an overwhelming 97 percent of voters supporting the changes. This marks a significant stride towards the ruling junta’s objective of ...

Dozens of women and children in a village in central Mali have demonstrated following allegations that the army killed more than 20 people ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Hundreds of activists defied threats from Mali ’s military government and demonstrated over the weekend in the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took power by force ...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights determined that the eviction of thousands of Batwa from Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the 1970s was a human rights violation. However ...

Mali has told the UN that its 12,000 peacemakers need to leave, after 10 years countering Islamist militants in the country. Last year, France withdrew its forces after military leaders seized ...

About 60% of the Batwa people are still living in temporary settlements and, therefore, depend on exploitative casual labour, a report has revealed. According to the report by Resilient Africa ...

Both the Batwa people in the east and the Baka in the west are commonly referred to as pygmies. But exactly what factors were contributing to their reduced height wasn't clear. By analyzing the ...