Tag Archives: Mali

Sunday August 17 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Ban condemns attack on UN Mali base, declares it ‘will not deter’ peace efforts

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the suicide attack on a United Nations base in Mali that killed two UN peacekeepers and injured seven others this morning. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban said he was “deeply saddened” by the deaths of the peacekeepers from the UN...

Thursday May 16 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Greening: We must break the cycle of food shortages in Western Africa

The UK will help to prevent desperate food shortages and make Mali and the West African Sahel more stable and secure, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced. Mali has suffered from years of humanitarian crises, conflict and an evolving terrorist threat. It is firmly in Britain’s national security interest...

Saturday March 02 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR urges reconciliation efforts in Mali to avoid long-term displacement

(UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said Friday that almost two months after the launch of the French military intervention in Mali, UNHCR is still seeing large numbers of internally displaced people (IDP), while in surrounding countries the numbers of refugees are still high and in some cases increasing. “Despite...

Wednesday February 13 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

For Mali’s displaced, on-going insecurity an obstacle to return

UNHCR) – The ancient city of Mopti, with its mud-built mosque, sits on a bend where the waters of West Africa’s longest river, the Niger, are joined by those of its smaller tributary the Bani. This confluence has made Mopti Mali’s main river port and the gateway to the north...

Monday February 04 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Civilians continue to flee military offensive in Mali; internal return prospects mixed

(UNHCR)The UN refugee agency said on Friday that the fast-evolving military situation in the north of Mali has raised hopes that many displaced people will be able to go back to their homes soon, but considerable challenges remain. “To the extent that refugee numbers are a barometer of the situation,...

Sunday January 27 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR calls anew on international community to help Mali as war expands

(UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday renewed its call for increased international aid for hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Malian civilians, warning that stepped up aid was vital to prevent a worsening of the humanitarian situation across the Sahel region. Since the start of the conflict in...

Wednesday January 16 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR says stepped up fighting in Mali triggers fresh displacement

(UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday that clashes over the weekend between the French-backed Malian army and Al Qaeda-linked Islamist groups in northern and central Mali have resulted in new population displacement – both within Mali and into neighbouring countries. In Niger, UNHCR teams are reporting that...

Thursday November 01 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Surviving in Niamey: Malian refugees struggle to get by in the big city

At the beginning of this year, Omar was studying to become a French teacher in Timbuktu. Today, he is a refugee in neighbouring Niger and working as a tailor to earn enough money to keep his family alive in the city. Omar never imagined a future outside Mali. But that...

Monday October 29 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR coordinator for Mali crisis hopes for best, prepares for worst

(UNHCR) – Since it began in January, the rebellion in northern Mali has driven more than 300,000 people from their homes. Many are seeking refuge in marginally safer areas in the south, while an even greater number have fled to neighbouring countries. Valentin Tapsoba, UNHCR’s coordinator for the Mali situation,...

Thursday October 25 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Tuareg gives up good private sector job to help Malian refugees

When thousands of Malian families started streaming through his village in northern Burkina Faso earlier this year, Ahmid Ag Rali was struck by the number of children among the refugees. Moved and keen to help, the 35-year-old from Oudalan province quit his job with a foreign mining company and applied...

Friday September 07 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR chief warns of the dangers of inaction over Mali

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has urged the international community to step up efforts for a political solution to the Mali crisis, warning that the whole region could be affected unless stronger action is taken. “Mali now matters more than ever,” Guterres stressed in an op-ed run Tuesday...

Tuesday July 10 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Barbara Hendricks calls for aid during visit to Malian refugees in Burkina Faso

Renowned soprano Barbara Hendricks has visited a camp in northern Burkina Faso to raise awareness about the plight of tens of thousands of Malian refugees in Africa’s Sahel region and to help raise funds for UNHCR’s relief operations there. Hendricks, UNHCR’s only honorary lifetime goodwill ambassador, on Friday visited the...

Saturday June 16 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR says funding shortfall threatens Mali operation

The UN refugee agency warned on Friday that a lack of funds is seriously threatening its efforts to help more than 300,000 Malians uprooted by conflict and insecurity in the north of their country. “To date, we have received only 13 per cent of the US$153.7 million needed to assist...

Sunday June 03 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR and IOM start moving Malian refugees to new camp in Niger

The UN refugee agency has started helping to move more than 11,500 Malian refugees from spontaneously established border settlements to a new managed camp deeper inside Niger. UNHCR is conducting the exercise with one of its key partners, the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The refugees are being moved from...

Thursday May 31 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR seeks US$154 million to help Mali refugees, up sharply from earlier appeal

The UN refugee agency has made a fresh appeal for its operations to help forcibly displaced Malian civilians in the Sahel region, seeking US153.7 million for the whole year, up sharply from an earlier appeal in February. In a press release, UNHCR said in Geneva on Thursday the money was...

Monday May 07 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR and WFP chiefs highlight plight of Mali refugees in Niger

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called on the international community to help Malian refugees and host communities in Niger and said a political solution was urgently needed to prevent the situation in the Sahel region from turning into a global crisis. “The international community must mobilize itself...

Tuesday April 03 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR deeply concerned by deteriorating situation in Mali

The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it is “deeply concerned” by the deteriorating political and security situation in Mali, where thousands of people continue to flee their homes. “The north of the country is becoming more and more dangerous due to the proliferation of armed groups in the region,” UNHCR’s...

Thursday March 22 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Rebellion claims a president

Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré, overthrown by mutinous soldiers, said recently that tackling recalcitrant Tuareg rebels in the north is going to be an ongoing task for future governments. “The problems of the north have been with us for 50 years now… Our elders dealt with them; we are...

Sunday February 26 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UN Refugee Agency Seeks $35 Million to Assist Thousands Uprooted by Mali Conflict.

The United Nations refugee agency is appealing for $35.6 million to respond to the growing humanitarian crisis resulting from the renewed fighting in northern Mali between government forces and Tuareg rebels. An estimated 130,000 people have been uprooted within and outside Mali since the clashes resumed in mid-January, according to...

Friday February 17 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR boosts aid as Mali outflow doubles in size

More than 44,000 people have fled the month-long violence in northern Mali, with arrival numbers in the region doubling in the last 10 days. This exodus could increase amid reports of fighting in areas bordering Algeria. Since clashes started in Mali on January 17 between the Tuareg rebels and the...

Tuesday February 14 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UN working with Mali’s neighbours to relocate refugees from border areas

The United Nations has said that it is working with Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania to relocate refugees fleeing renewed fighting in Mali to safer locations away from the border areas, as thousands continue to arrive on a daily basis. The recent outbreak of conflict in northern Mali between Government...

Monday February 13 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Thousands of Touaregs flee into Burkina Faso

At least 8,000 Touaregs fleeing fighting in neighbouring Mali have found refuge in Burkina Faso, having arrived “in a dire humanitarian condition”, the government said yesterday. It said it would set up a coordination committee to bring the refugees – currently spread between the western and Sahelian parts of the...

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