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

Mounting media restrictions in Mali over the past three years have raised alarm about press freedom, as authorities target local and international outlets.

Mali’s National Transition Council adopted a bill that effectively abolishes multiparty politics across the country.

Mali’s media regulatory body says it is banning a French television channel in the country due to “defamatory remarks” it made about a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital earlier this month ...