Mali Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

In Mali, journalist briefly jailed for reporting on Gao

December 17, 2012 4:46 PM EST

Police detained freelance reporter Moctar Barry on November 15, 2012, in the central town of Sévaré, after he returned from reporting on events in Gao, an Islamist-occupied city in the northern half of Mali, local journalists said.

Two journalists were detained for attempting to visit Gao, a town that Al-Qaeda-linked militants have seized. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

Al-Jazeera journalists detained in Mali for two days

December 5, 2012 4:52 PM EST

New York, December 5, 2012–Malian authorities should immediately return the passports and equipment seized from two international Al-Jazeera journalists who were detained for more than two days over the weekend for attempting to cross into militant-controlled territory, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

At least five radio stations attacked in Mali

September 24, 2012 4:14 PM EDT

At least five radio stations were attacked in March 2012 as Tuareg separatists, allied with extremist Islamist militants, pushed the Malian army back from the northeastern region of Gao, according to news reports.

Journalist, fearing attack, flees town in Mali

September 21, 2012 3:07 PM EDT

Soumaïla Abdoulaye Maïga, a presenter with community station Radio Soni in the northeastern town of Ansongo, went into hiding on April 13, 2012, after being warned of an imminent attack by separatist fighters of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), according to local journalists. After Maïga fled, the fighters raided his house…

In Mali, Islamist militants seize, shut down two stations

September 21, 2012 1:49 PM EDT

Members of Ansar Dine, a Salafist militant group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, shut down two local radio stations on March 27, 2012, as they seized the northeast town of Kidal from the Malian army, according to local journalists.

Islamist militants seize and rename radio station in Mali

September 20, 2012 1:18 PM EDT

Militants belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), a Salafist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, seized control of community station Radio Soni in the northeastern town of Ansongo on August 29, 2012, according to local journalists.

In Mali, Islamist militants order station to stop airing music

September 20, 2012 1:18 PM EDT

Two officials of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), a Salafist militant group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, raided the studios of Radio Annya in the northeastern town of Gao on August 20, 2012, according to the BBC.

In Mali, rebels assault journalist, force station off the air

September 19, 2012 1:59 PM EDT

Rebel fighters of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), a separatist movement of ethnic Tuaregs in northern Mali, stormed the offices of private Radio Adar Khoïma in the northeastern town of Gao on April 3, 2012, according to local journalists and news reports. The rebels kidnapped a journalist and assaulted him, and…

People from Mali's north protest against the Islamist takeover of their region in the capital, Bamako, on July 4. (AP/Harouna Traore)

In Mali, Islamic militants beat journalist, close radio station

August 7, 2012 5:00 PM EDT

Lagos, Nigeria, August 7, 2012–Members of an Islamist militant group attacked a radio journalist in Mali on Sunday and ordered his station off the air, according to local journalists and news reports. The attack was in retaliation for the station’s coverage of local protests, according to local journalists and a leader of the Islamist group.

Assailants target newspaper publisher Saouti Labass Haïdara. (Le Challenger)

In Mali, masked gunmen seize, assault publisher

July 13, 2012 3:07 PM EDT

Abuja, Nigeria, July 13, 2012–Armed, masked assailants abducted and beat a veteran journalist in Mali on Thursday, leaving him with a broken hand and other injuries, according to news reports and local journalists.