Mali News API

Supported Countries - 165

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

DR Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Gabon

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherland

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Tonga

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States Of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Get headlines from Mali with our JSON API.

🔑 Get API key for the Mali News API

Country Parameter

The country paramter for the Mali is ML.

Some example queries:

Below is the search query to fetch random 100 news-sources of Mali.

https://newsdata.io/api/1/sources?country=ml&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Some of the well known sources

Live Example

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make, and the JSON response you will receive, when you use the News API to get headlines from Mali.

Headlines from Mali

https://newsdata.io/api/1/latest?country=ml&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

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  • "status": "success",
  • "totalResults": 97,
  • -
    "results": [
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      {
      • "article_id": "c23097bb7ba6d4132eab440bd42c4b45",
      • "title": "Mercenary and coup plotter Simon Mann dies",
      • "link": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8dn03478qo",
      • "keywords": null,
      • "creator": null,
      • "description": "He was arrested in 2004 after being part of a failed coup to overthrow Equatorial Guinea's ruler.",
      • "content": "Former British Army officer and mercenary Simon Mann, who was part of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004, has died of a heart attack while exercising, friends confirmed. The 72-year-old made millions of pounds from protecting businesses in conflict zones before he took part in the failed attempt to overthrow the west African nation's ruler. Mr Mann was sentenced to 34 years in prison on arms charges and later admitted he had been the \"manager, not the architect\" of the scheme. In 2009, the ex-SAS commando was pardoned, released and given 48 hours to leave the country. Mr Mann attended private boys' school Eton before studying at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy and then joining the Scots Guards. He became a member of the SAS - the army's special forces unit - and rose through the ranks to become a commander. In 2011, he said the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea - which saw him arrested with fellow mercenaries after trying to load weapons onto a plane in Zimbabwe - was foiled by the CIA. After serving three years of his 34-year sentence in Zimbabwe, he was moved to Black Beach Prison in Equatorial Guinea. Speaking in 2011 about that move, he said \"friends, family, and enemies\" had told him \"if that happens, you have had it, you're a dead man\". After being pardoned and released, he expressed regret for what he had done, saying that \"however good the money is\", the moral case \"has to stack up\".",
      • "pubDate": "2025-05-09 19:30:42",
      • "pubDateTZ": "UTC",
      • "image_url": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c457/live/32b49560-2d04-11f0-b63e-e910111aa2b5.jpg",
      • "video_url": null,
      • "source_id": "bbc",
      • "source_name": "The Bbc",
      • "source_priority": 103,
      • "source_url": "http://www.bbc.com",
      • "source_icon": "https://i.bytvi.com/domain_icons/bbc.jpg",
      • "language": "english",
      • -
        "country": [
        • "gabon",
        • "namibia",
        • "guinea",
        • "rwanda",
        • "niger",
        • "south africa",
        • "djibouti",
        • "cape verde",
        • "chad",
        • "nigeria",
        • "benin",
        • "botswana",
        • "burundi",
        • "equatorial guinea",
        • "morocco",
        • "eritrea",
        • "gambia",
        • "lesotho",
        • "liberia",
        • "mauritius",
        • "seychelles",
        • "sierra leone",
        • "togo",
        • "tanzania",
        • "ethiopia",
        • "congo",
        • "central african republic",
        • "sudan",
        • "mozambique",
        • "ghana",
        • "madagascar",
        • "cameroon",
        • "somalia",
        • "senegal",
        • "zambia",
        • "malawi",
        • "mali",
        • "burkina fasco",
        • "ivory coast",
        • "uganda",
        • "angola",
        • "algeria",
        • "kenya",
        • "dr congo",
        • "libya",
        • "mauritania",
        • "tunisia",
        • "zimbabwe"
        ],
      • -
        "category": [
        • "top"
        ],
      • "sentiment": "negative",
      • -
        "sentiment_stats": {},
      • -
        "ai_tag": [
        • "conflicts & war"
        ],
      • -
        "ai_region": [
        • "equatorial guinea,africa"
        ],
      • -
        "ai_org": [
        • "british army"
        ],
      • "duplicate": true
      },
    • -
      {},
    • -
      {},
    • -
      {
      • "article_id": "44ee5c97e2c9554833d55009828d80cd",
      • "title": "Liberté de la presse : Un recul alarmant",
      • "link": "https://www.journaldumali.com/liberte-de-la-presse-un-recul-alarmant/",
      • -
        "keywords": [
        • "liberté",
        • "presse",
        • "médias",
        • "mali"
        ],
      • "creator": null,
      • "description": "Depuis 2021, la situation de la liberté de la presse au Mali régresse de manière alarmante. La situation des médias et des journalistes n’a cessé de se détériorer dans le pays ces dernières années, au point d’inquiéter tant les acteurs nationaux qu'internationaux.Le rapport 2025 sur la situation de la liberté de la presse dans le monde de Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), publié le 2 mai 2025, est sans équivoque et dresse un constat préoccupant au Mali. Le pays chute au 119e rang mondial sur 180 en matière de liberté de la presse, perdant 5 places par rapport à l’année précédente. À titre de comparaison avec ses alliés de la Confédération des États du Sahel (AES), le Mali se classe derrière le Niger (83ème) et le Burkina Faso (105ème).Globalement, sur les 4 dernières années, le Mali a perdu 20 places dans le classement, passant de la 99ème place en 2021 à la 119ème place en 2025. Cette dégradation continue de la liberté de la presse dans le pays est provoquée, selon certains analystes, par l'instabilité politique, les pressions exercées sur les médias, les enlèvements de journalistes et les restrictions imposées à certains médias internationaux.« En principe, les journalistes et les médias sont libres de couvrir l’administration, et les médias privés sont relativement indépendants. Cependant, les journalistes sont particulièrement fragilisés par la situation politique et le durcissement du régime militaire au pouvoir », souligne le rapport de RSF, qui alerte également sur les pressions pour un « traitement patriotique » de l’information, qui se multiplient, et sur les correspondants des médias étrangers, devenus persona non grata.Une situation aux causes multiplesLe recul continu de la liberté de la presse au Mali résulte d’un enchaînement de facteurs politiques, sécuritaires et institutionnels qui se sont cristallisés au fil des années, particulièrement depuis 2012, mais qui se sont intensifiés après le renversement du régime de l’ancien président Ibrahim Boubacar Keita en 2020.À en croire certains rapports d’organismes internationaux, à l’instar de Freedom House, les signalements de censure, d’autocensure et de menaces contre les journalistes ont considérablement augmenté depuis lors, entraînant une fermeture progressive de l’espace civique, notamment médiatique.Le cadre législatif de la presse au Mali est également problématique. Bien que la liberté de la presse soit consacrée par la Constitution, plusieurs lois continuent de permettre des poursuites judiciaires contre les journalistes pour des délits d’opinion. La loi sur la cybercriminalité, notamment, est parfois utilisée pour poursuivre des blogueurs ou des journalistes qui s’expriment sur les réseaux sociaux. Le 9 avril dernier, Alhousseiny Togo, directeur de publication du *Canard de la Venise*, a été placé sous mandat de dépôt pour un article jugé critique envers le ministre de la Justice.Pour l’avocat Maître Cheick Oumar Konaré, « tant que ces lois ne seront pas réformées, la liberté d’expression restera précaire au Mali. Il faut dépénaliser les délits de presse, garantir un accès réel à l’information publique et protéger juridiquement les journalistes. »Selon les observateurs, l’hostilité ouverte envers certains médias internationaux, perçus comme « hostiles » au régime militaire, constitue un autre facteur important du recul de la liberté de la presse dans le pays.« La suspension de RFI et France 24 continue de contribuer à la dégringolade du Mali au classement RSF, car ce sont des chaînes qui étaient des sources majeures d'information pour de nombreux Maliens, en l’occurrence RFI, particulièrement en zone rurale », explique un professionnel des médias qui a requis l’anonymat.Quels impacts ?Le recul de la liberté de la presse au Mali ne constitue pas seulement une atteinte aux droits fondamentaux des journalistes et des médias, mais il engendre également des conséquences sur l’ensemble du tissu social, économique et politique du pays.Si les journalistes ne sont pas libres ou sont soumis à une menace continue de censure, voire d’autocensure, la qualité de l’information accessible au citoyen est affectée. La conséquence directe est la montée des récits partisans, qui circulent de plus en plus sur les réseaux sociaux, où les avis critiques sont étouffés.Par ailleurs, le recul de la liberté de la presse nuit à la transparence et à la redevabilité des gouvernants, comme l’indique un rédacteur en chef d’un journal de la place. « Dans un contexte où les journalistes n’ont plus toute la liberté d’enquêter, de questionner ou de dénoncer les abus, les dérives du pouvoir peuvent se multiplier à huis clos. La corruption, le népotisme ou encore les violations des droits humains peuvent ainsi prospérer dans l’ombre, sans que les citoyens n’en soient informés ni que les responsables soient tenus pour compte », glisse cet interlocuteur.Les impacts de la situation sont tout aussi alarmants sur le plan économique. Du point de vue de l’analyste politique et économique Amadou Sidibé, le recul de la liberté de la presse envoie un signal négatif aux investisseurs, notamment étrangers, qui voient dans un environnement médiatique restreint un indicateur d’instabilité ou d’opacité.« Pour les bailleurs de fonds comme pour les entreprises privées, la liberté d’informer est un gage de transparence institutionnelle, de climat des affaires sain et de prévisibilité. En réduisant cette liberté, le Mali se prive d’un facteur important d’attractivité économique, au moment même où il tente de relancer son développement dans un contexte sécuritaire et politique déjà fragilisé », insiste-t-il.Une amélioration indispensablePour inverser la tendance au recul de la situation de la liberté de la presse au Mali depuis plusieurs années, des mesures concrètes et complémentaires peuvent être mises en œuvre.Pour plusieurs observateurs, notamment internationaux, il est d’abord important de renforcer l’indépendance des institutions de régulation des médias, à commencer par la Haute Autorité de la Communication (HAC), qui doit être dotée de garanties structurelles et juridiques lui permettant d’agir sans pression politique.Ensuite, une réforme en profondeur du cadre juridique qui régit le travail de la presse pourrait contribuer à améliorer la liberté des journalistes et des médias dans l’exercice du métier.« La dépénalisation des délits de presse, notamment la diffamation, permettrait d’éviter les peines d’emprisonnement qui dissuadent le travail d’investigation », affirme un journaliste ayant requis l’anonymat.« Par ailleurs, l’adoption d’une loi sur l’accès à l’information publique faciliterait le travail des journalistes et renforcerait la transparence dans la gestion des affaires de l’État », ajoute-t-il.Pour ce dernier, le gouvernement devrait également garantir une meilleure protection des journalistes, en particulier dans les zones de conflit, en mettant en place un mécanisme national de veille, de protection et de réponse rapide en cas de menace.Si les autorités du pays sont appelées à mettre en œuvre diverses mesures, les organes de presse et les journalistes eux-mêmes pourraient également contribuer à une nette amélioration de la liberté de la presse au Mali.Une meilleure formation des journalistes et le renforcement de l’éthique professionnelle dans les médias peuvent concourir à élever le niveau du débat public, car, estime un analyste, en encourageant l’autorégulation via des conseils de presse ou des chartes de déontologie, les médias maliens peuvent renforcer leur crédibilité auprès du public.« L’amélioration de la liberté de la presse au Mali ne se résume pas à lever des restrictions. Cela passe par une volonté politique réelle, un soutien institutionnel renforcé et un engagement de tous les acteurs à défendre un journalisme libre, responsable et au service du citoyen », conclut Amadou Sidibé.Mohamed Kenouvi",
      • "content": "Depuis 2021, la situation de la liberté de la presse au Mali régresse de manière alarmante. La situation des médias et des journalistes n’a cessé de se détériorer dans le pays ces dernières années, au point d’inquiéter tant les acteurs nationaux qu’internationaux. Le rapport 2025 sur la situation de la liberté de la presse dans le monde de Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), publié le 2 mai 2025, est sans équivoque et dresse un constat préoccupant au Mali. Le pays chute au 119e rang mondial sur 180 en matière de liberté de la presse, perdant 5 places par rapport à l’année précédente. À titre de comparaison avec ses alliés de la Confédération des États du Sahel (AES), le Mali se classe derrière le Niger (83ème) et le Burkina Faso (105ème). Globalement, sur les 4 dernières années, le Mali a perdu 20 places dans le classement, passant de la 99ème place en 2021 à la 119ème place en 2025. Cette dégradation continue de la liberté de la presse dans le pays est provoquée, selon certains analystes, par l’instabilité politique, les pressions exercées sur les médias, les enlèvements de journalistes et les restrictions imposées à certains médias internationaux. LA SUITE APRÈS LA PUBLICITÉ « En principe, les journalistes et les médias sont libres de couvrir l’administration, et les médias privés sont relativement indépendants. Cependant, les journalistes sont particulièrement fragilisés par la situation politique et le durcissement du régime militaire au pouvoir », souligne le rapport de RSF, qui alerte également sur les pressions pour un « traitement patriotique » de l’information, qui se multiplient, et sur les correspondants des médias étrangers, devenus persona non grata. Une situation aux causes multiples Le recul continu de la liberté de la presse au Mali résulte d’un enchaînement de facteurs politiques, sécuritaires et institutionnels qui se sont cristallisés au fil des années, particulièrement depuis 2012, mais qui se sont intensifiés après le renversement du régime de l’ancien président Ibrahim Boubacar Keita en 2020. À en croire certains rapports d’organismes internationaux, à l’instar de Freedom House, les signalements de censure, d’autocensure et de menaces contre les journalistes ont considérablement augmenté depuis lors, entraînant une fermeture progressive de l’espace civique, notamment médiatique. Le cadre législatif de la presse au Mali est également problématique. Bien que la liberté de la presse soit consacrée par la Constitution, plusieurs lois continuent de permettre des poursuites judiciaires contre les journalistes pour des délits d’opinion. La loi sur la cybercriminalité, notamment, est parfois utilisée pour poursuivre des blogueurs ou des journalistes qui s’expriment sur les réseaux sociaux. Le 9 avril dernier, Alhousseiny Togo, directeur de publication du *Canard de la Venise*, a été placé sous mandat de dépôt pour un article jugé critique envers le ministre de la Justice. Pour l’avocat Maître Cheick Oumar Konaré, « tant que ces lois ne seront pas réformées, la liberté d’expression restera précaire au Mali. Il faut dépénaliser les délits de presse, garantir un accès réel à l’information publique et protéger juridiquement les journalistes. » Selon les observateurs, l’hostilité ouverte envers certains médias internationaux, perçus comme « hostiles » au régime militaire, constitue un autre facteur important du recul de la liberté de la presse dans le pays. « La suspension de RFI et France 24 continue de contribuer à la dégringolade du Mali au classement RSF, car ce sont des chaînes qui étaient des sources majeures d’information pour de nombreux Maliens, en l’occurrence RFI, particulièrement en zone rurale », explique un professionnel des médias qui a requis l’anonymat. Quels impacts ? Le recul de la liberté de la presse au Mali ne constitue pas seulement une atteinte aux droits fondamentaux des journalistes et des médias, mais il engendre également des conséquences sur l’ensemble du tissu social, économique et politique du pays. Si les journalistes ne sont pas libres ou sont soumis à une menace continue de censure, voire d’autocensure, la qualité de l’information accessible au citoyen est affectée. La conséquence directe est la montée des récits partisans, qui circulent de plus en plus sur les réseaux sociaux, où les avis critiques sont étouffés. Par ailleurs, le recul de la liberté de la presse nuit à la transparence et à la redevabilité des gouvernants, comme l’indique un rédacteur en chef d’un journal de la place. « Dans un contexte où les journalistes n’ont plus toute la liberté d’enquêter, de questionner ou de dénoncer les abus, les dérives du pouvoir peuvent se multiplier à huis clos. La corruption, le népotisme ou encore les violations des droits humains peuvent ainsi prospérer dans l’ombre, sans que les citoyens n’en soient informés ni que les responsables soient tenus pour compte », glisse cet interlocuteur. Les impacts de la situation sont tout aussi alarmants sur le plan économique. Du point de vue de l’analyste politique et économique Amadou Sidibé, le recul de la liberté de la presse envoie un signal négatif aux investisseurs, notamment étrangers, qui voient dans un environnement médiatique restreint un indicateur d’instabilité ou d’opacité. « Pour les bailleurs de fonds comme pour les entreprises privées, la liberté d’informer est un gage de transparence institutionnelle, de climat des affaires sain et de prévisibilité. En réduisant cette liberté, le Mali se prive d’un facteur important d’attractivité économique, au moment même où il tente de relancer son développement dans un contexte sécuritaire et politique déjà fragilisé », insiste-t-il. Une amélioration indispensable Pour inverser la tendance au recul de la situation de la liberté de la presse au Mali depuis plusieurs années, des mesures concrètes et complémentaires peuvent être mises en œuvre. Pour plusieurs observateurs, notamment internationaux, il est d’abord important de renforcer l’indépendance des institutions de régulation des médias, à commencer par la Haute Autorité de la Communication (HAC), qui doit être dotée de garanties structurelles et juridiques lui permettant d’agir sans pression politique. Ensuite, une réforme en profondeur du cadre juridique qui régit le travail de la presse pourrait contribuer à améliorer la liberté des journalistes et des médias dans l’exercice du métier. « La dépénalisation des délits de presse, notamment la diffamation, permettrait d’éviter les peines d’emprisonnement qui dissuadent le travail d’investigation », affirme un journaliste ayant requis l’anonymat. « Par ailleurs, l’adoption d’une loi sur l’accès à l’information publique faciliterait le travail des journalistes et renforcerait la transparence dans la gestion des affaires de l’État », ajoute-t-il. Pour ce dernier, le gouvernement devrait également garantir une meilleure protection des journalistes, en particulier dans les zones de conflit, en mettant en place un mécanisme national de veille, de protection et de réponse rapide en cas de menace. Si les autorités du pays sont appelées à mettre en œuvre diverses mesures, les organes de presse et les journalistes eux-mêmes pourraient également contribuer à une nette amélioration de la liberté de la presse au Mali. Une meilleure formation des journalistes et le renforcement de l’éthique professionnelle dans les médias peuvent concourir à élever le niveau du débat public, car, estime un analyste, en encourageant l’autorégulation via des conseils de presse ou des chartes de déontologie, les médias maliens peuvent renforcer leur crédibilité auprès du public. « L’amélioration de la liberté de la presse au Mali ne se résume pas à lever des restrictions. Cela passe par une volonté politique réelle, un soutien institutionnel renforcé et un engagement de tous les acteurs à défendre un journalisme libre, responsable et au service du citoyen », conclut Amadou Sidibé. Mohamed Kenouvi",
      • "pubDate": "2025-05-09 17:22:51",
      • "pubDateTZ": "UTC",
      • "image_url": "https://www.journaldumali.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Liberte-de-la-presse-le-Mali-perd-2-places-dans-le-classement-mondial.jpg",
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      • "source_id": "journaldumali",
      • "source_name": "Journal Du Mali",
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      • "source_url": "https://www.journaldumali.com",
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      • "language": "french",
      • -
        "country": [
        • "mali"
        ],
      • -
        "category": [
        • "environment"
        ],
      • "sentiment": "neutral",
      • -
        "sentiment_stats": {},
      • -
        "ai_tag": [
        • "awards and recognitions"
        ],
      • -
        "ai_region": [
        • "mali,africa"
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      },
    • -
      {
      • "article_id": "49e6291ae31fb31bbd9cac2b206f02ff",
      • "title": "South Africa hits out at US Afrikaner refugee plan",
      • "link": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2q937wlqgo",
      • "keywords": null,
      • "creator": null,
      • "description": "There are reports that the first set of South Africans could arrive as refugees in the US next week.",
      • "content": "South Africa has criticised the US amid reports it could receive white Afrikaners as refugees as early as next week. A document seen by the BBC's US partner, CBS, describes the potential resettlement as a \"priority\" for President Donald Trump's government, however the timing has not been publicly confirmed by the White House. In a statement published on Friday , South Africa's foreign ministry described the purported move as \"politically motivated\" and designed to undermine South Africa's \"constitutional democracy\". In February President Trump described Afrikaners as victims of \"racial discrimination\" in an executive order, opening up the prospect for them to resettle in the US. The South African authorities said they would not block the departures of those chosen for resettlement, but that the government had sought assurances from its American counterpart that those selected had been fully vetted and did not have pending criminal charges. South Africa reiterated that allegations of discrimination against the country's white minority are unfounded, adding that crime statistics do not indicate that any racial group has been targeted in violent crimes on farms. Some groups representing the rights of white farmers have said they are being deliberately killed because of their race. A spokesperson for the US state department told the BBC they were interviewing individuals interested in resettling in the US, and prioritising \"Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination\", but would not confirm when the resettlement would begin. The Trump administration has also accused South Africa of seizing land from white farmers without compensation, something Pretoria has repeatedly denied. Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica , on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica",
      • "pubDate": "2025-05-09 17:20:55",
      • "pubDateTZ": "UTC",
      • "image_url": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/635d/live/22cf2e00-2cf8-11f0-b26b-ab62c890638b.jpg",
      • "video_url": null,
      • "source_id": "bbc",
      • "source_name": "The Bbc",
      • "source_priority": 103,
      • "source_url": "http://www.bbc.com",
      • "source_icon": "https://i.bytvi.com/domain_icons/bbc.jpg",
      • "language": "english",
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        "country": [
        • "gabon",
        • "namibia",
        • "guinea",
        • "rwanda",
        • "niger",
        • "south africa",
        • "djibouti",
        • "cape verde",
        • "chad",
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Instead, The Dark Ages’ story is more about filling in the blanks in the Doom universe, diving into the history of the conflict between humans and demons, and further fleshing out both the faction of humanity defending Sentinels and the deity-like Maykrs. And in that way, it’s not only serviceable, but it also does a good job of at least taking us to both a wide variety of hellish landscapes that includes sci-fi themed medieval castles, and a very welcome trip to the Lovecraftian-inspired Cosmic Realm, which features a ton of really cool mind bending puzzles and creepy settings that are different from what we’ve seen before. Perhaps the best thing about the story is that it no longer feels like it's just the Slayer against the nameless forces of Hell. There are human companions that are central to the plot: it regularly feels like you’re fighting alongside humanity in this giant all-out war against the demons, and there’s actual intrigue involving the mysterious Maykrs and their role in this whole conflict. This is the strongest a Doom story has ever been, even if that’s not a bar you’d have to double-jump over. Captain Doom Slayer Besides the setting, the big thing that separates Doom: The Dark Ages from prior entries in the series is the addition of the Slayer’s Shield, and all of the abilities that come with it. Now, rather than being forced to avoid taking damage by constantly staying on the move and jumping around like a madman, you’re often encouraged to charge straight forward into danger with your shield at the ready to either block or deflect enemy attacks. Any attack that is red can be blocked until your shield’s depleted, and anything that’s green can be reflected with a well-timed guard to not only deal substantial damage, but also stun most monsters it hits. Even on Nightmare difficulty, which is what I did my playthrough on, the parry timing is very generous, but fortunately you can fine tune it however you like in the menus, along with a ton of other handy difficulty modifiers. The other key shield technique is a charging bash attack that can be used to quickly close the distance between you and the enemy. Think the Super Shotgun’s grapple in Doom Eternal, only faster, you can use it with any weapon, and it’s on a relatively quick cooldown. This combination of being able to use the shield both defensively to block and stun, and then offensively to quickly zip in or out, is what really elevates The Dark Ages’ combat to the stratosphere by making it still feel very fast and exciting even with the removal of things like double jumps, quick dashes, and fast weapon swaps. We get the best of both worlds, in that this Slayer is still extremely mobile, but also feels like a heavily armored tank thanks to loud footsteps and a shockwave when you land from a high jump. The shield’s utility doesn’t end there, either. Eventually, you’ll also get the ability to toss the shield out, Captain America style, to instantly decapitate tons of fodder enemies at once. Or, if you use it against larger enemies, it will continuously buzzsaw into them, keeping them incapacitated for a short while. This is an extremely useful skill, but I found this to be especially potent against the Arachnotron enemies that like to pepper me with a constant stream of non-refelctable bullets. If they’re unarmored, I can just toss my shield to stop them from shooting, dash in, and all it takes is a single super shotgun blast to ready them for an execution. The enemies are largely the usual suspects that have been in most of the other Dooms, You’ve got your Imps, Hell Knights, the aforementioned Mancubi and Arachnotron, and even the Cyberdemon, all of whom behave as you’d expect. Others have gotten new facelifts to better match with the new setting, like the Pinkie who’s now a mount with a demon archer riding him, and the new Cacodemon that hails from the Cosmic Realm. The Dark Ages even brings back the Vagary as a mini-boss, who hasn’t been seen since Doom 3. Overall, there’s a nice variety in the enemies, and even those you’ve fought a million times before have a few new tricks to make them fit better in The Dark Ages’ combat. Speaking of enemies, It’s worth mentioning as well that Id has exponentially jacked up the number of on-screen nasties relative to Doom or Eternal. When you get a bird’s-eye view of a battlefield, it truly looks like all-out war against the minions of Hell. This did lead to a bit of frustration for me early on because I was often getting attacked from behind by enemies that would spawn in without warning, but all it took was some adjustment in how I approached certain combat encounters. I had to make sure that I used my shield bash to disengage in addition to engaging to keep them off my back. One noteworthy omission from The Dark Ages is the iconic Chainsaw that has been used since Doom 2016 as a way to instantly kill a single enemy and regain ammo in the process. That has been replaced by an all new melee system that lets you get up close and personal and engage in melee brawls that also restore your ammo. I do miss the satisfaction of just sawing an Imp or other small enemy in half, but this system works better for what Doom the Dark Ages is trying to achieve by again making you rush towards the fight rather than away from it. The “ammo” pick ups for your melee attack are also much more plentiful than the gas for the Chainsaw was in either Doom 2016 or Eternal, making me run out of ammo far less, which was something I very much appreciated. The Tools of Doom As far as the actual weapons go, The Dark Ages plays around a lot with the look of each weapon to give it an old-timey flavor, but the functions are generally all the same as what we’ve come to know and love from this series. All the satisfyingly punchy stalwarts are accounted for: The combat and super shotguns, an assault rifle that shoots out railspikes instead of bullets (but don’t call it a railgun), a plasma rifle, and a single-shot sniper rifle-like weapon in the form of a satisfying steel ball launcher, just to name a handful. The only unique weapon of the bunch is the Skullcrusher Pulverizer, which sort of behaves like the chaingun but has a ridiculous spread that can just absolutely shred a football field’s worth of fodder enemies. It’s a fun weapon that goes great with The Dark Age’s absolutely insane amount of on-screen enemies at once, even though I typically opted to use the shield throw to mow down the hordes of fodder since there’s an upgrade that powers up the shield charge when you do so. One interesting twist for how The Dark Ages handles its arsenal is that every gun has a sister weapon that uses the same ammo type and can be hotswapped between with the press of a button. So for example, along with a rocket launcher, there’s a grenade launcher; in addition to the aforementioned Pulverizer that does a little bit of damage spread out over a wide area, there’s a Ravager that concentrates the fire to hit single enemies. It all adds up to a ton of variety in the gunplay, and while I was never forced to swap between my weapons in the same way that I was in Doom Eternal, I still found myself jumping around from gun to gun simply because it’s fun. But the absolute best part about the toolbox in The Dark Ages is – and this is a credit to the weapon designers at Id, because this is true for just about every Doom game – that every gun retains its usefulness throughout the entire game. Sure, I might have my favorites and gravitate more towards the Super Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, and Steelshot, but even the early weapons stay relevant once you get some upgrades into them. 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And it’s this need to upgrade that fed into my desire to explore and find both upgrade currencies and more traditional Doom collectibles like figurines, weapon skins, and lore pick ups. Appropriately, the levels of The Dark Ages welcome that exploration with open arms. While they all vary in size, the smaller stages are still big by the series standards, and the big levels are gigantic. They’re huge, open battlefields with tons of secrets, challenging enemy encounters, and more than a few breathtaking vistas. Doomazord Power Breaking up all of the running and gunning are giant mecha battles and flying sections where you pilot the Slayer’s dragon. Yes, the Doom Slayer has a dragon, because why not. These sections are shallow compared to the rest of The Dark Ages, with the mecha sections amounting to little more than a simple game of dodge, punch, punch, dodge, punch, punch, etc. And the dragon bits are little more than dodge, shoot, shoot, dodge, shoot, shoot. 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      • "content": "It feels strange to say that a game about obsessively breeding cats so you can send them into wild battles across back alleys and dirty sewers might end up being one of the most nuanced and thoughtful strategy games I’ve played in a long time, but that’s exactly what I found with Mewgenics. I got to go hands-on with the next roguelike from the creators of The Binding of Isaac for a few hours recently, and although its original incarnation was first announced a whopping 13 years ago , seeing the version we are actually getting in action has immediately made it one of my most anticipated games in the coming year. That setup might sound somewhat familiar if you’ve played games like Darkest Dungeon, Cult of the Lamb, or XCOM, but Mewgenics does a lot that sets it apart. For starters, each cat can only go on a single adventure before retiring to a cozy life on the couch back at home (assuming you have a couch). That means a lot of the power progression as your feline fighters level up is contained within each run, and you’re not trying to build a perfect little squad of your favorite furballs that you’ll then use every single time. I still grew attached to my heavy hitters, like a glass cannon named Jarvis that could melt groups of enemies thanks to a combination of passive abilities that first split his basic ranged attack into multiple projectiles and then sent each bouncing to other enemies on hit – but once that run was done, that power played a different role. You see, your cats back home don’t just sit around all day. They have unique personalities and desires, and even their own cat friends and enemies in the house. Put two compatible cats together in a room with some inviting decor, and they could, well... hit it off. The next day you’ll find yourself with a kitten that shares some of their traits and abilities. This is the crux of the larger metagame in Mewgenics, as you mix and manipulate bloodlines to create future generations that can start runs on a more powerful footing. Things get even more complicated as mutations and other effects are weaved in, not to mention as you start to make uncomfortable choices about inbreeding to keep certain traits “pure” at an ever-mounting cost. Something that struck me is the way Mewgenics frequently asked me to choose between prioritizing my current run or the larger progression back at my house. For example, money can be used to buy items or level-ups at shops mid-run, but it’s also a currency you’ll use between them – and some abilities even use it for powerful effects in combat, like hiring a hitman to help you out. Similarly, equipable items can be brought back to base and used on a few future runs (if your limited storage is big enough to hold them), which gives you a bit more control over your starting “builds” but also makes you wonder if that limited consumable is worth using now or saving for next time. You’ll also choose from a semi-randomized selection of new abilities whenever a cat levels up, and suddenly have to consider both what’s useful in the moment and most interesting for breeding later on. There are some very cool and unique abilities, too. At the start of each run, you can give your team of cats collars that assign them a class, tweaking some of their starting powers and stats – so the green Hunter is better at a distance, while the red Fighter is all about getting up close and personal. Depending on both their class and their equipment, a cat could have dash attacks, teleportation, healing effects, elemental spells with their own interactions, and a whole lot more. A favorite of mine on one run ended up being my Necromancer’s Pestilence ability, which dealt a single point of damage to every space on the board. That let me soften up groups, easily break corpses so that they would drop loot, and even intentionally weaken my own Hunter to make use of an item that allowed them to deal more damage while at low life. This dense tapestry of decisions to make is what made Mewgenics’ combat shine during my demo. It’s quite approachable on the surface, especially so in its earliest encounters as you are learning the ropes, but there is a deep well to get lost down for those who truly want to optimize. The order you sequence your actions on any given turn can squeak out advantages, big and small. Where you move in comparison to an enemy’s options or where you think you’ll need to get the next turn can seriously matter. Even mana management for your spells can become a whole little sub-game of its own as you try to save up for more expensive abilities or blow it all on cheaper ones that you could potentially use multiple times per turn. Anyone who already caught the Pestilence reference may not be surprised to hear that developers Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel fondly compare this combat system to Magic: The Gathering, as well as its creator Richard Garfield’s philosophy of crafting a vast system to drop folk into and then letting them explore it – and I think the comparison is unexpectedly on point. This is by no means a card-based roguelike in the way you might think of Slay the Spire or Monster Train, but as a huge fan of Magic myself, I could hear the gears in my brain turning over its encounters in a similar way. Pondering how one ability interacts with another, how my actions might cascade into later turns, and how the loadouts of my cats could be combined into something with greater neko-potence. There is a helluva lot to consider, too. McMillen and Glaiel tell me they knew Mewgenics was going to immediately get compared to The Binding of Isaac – somewhat unfairly, when the size of that game benefits from what is essentially a decade of content updates and DLC. While Mewgenics was first announced by Super Meat Boy developer Team Meat in 2012, it was ultimately cancelled and McMillen took the idea with him when he left, so its current incarnation was restarted pretty much from scratch about six years ago. Even still, in trying to hit the high bar set by the current version of Isaac they’ve pulled out all the stops, and say Mewgenics already has more items to find – and that’s not even counting abilities, furniture pieces, and beyond. Some are equipable items that provide simple stat boosts, while others are weapons that give your cats special attacks – like a bag of rocks that leaves bruises or a fire hose that pushes away everything in a straight line. There are also trickier items, like a playing card that doubles the effect of any spell that costs either one or two mana exactly, or a Toxic Canister that gives your attacks Poison, but also poisons every unit at the start of battle, including allies. Some items are part of a set, too, giving a cat a bonus for wearing all the pieces – in one run, I stumbled upon all three pieces of the Transmitter set, which each hinder the wearer in some way while simultaneously providing a buff to your whole team. Apparently I got lucky finding them all in a single run, but if I hadn’t, I could have stored them at my house and then taken an eye toward finding the missing pieces on subsequent runs. As hard as this is to believe, McMillen and Glaiel say their estimate based on testing is that it will take a staggering 200 hours to beat the final boss of Mewgenics’ story. Every run initially sends you through the same sequence of three areas, each with a boss at the end, but there are more than a dozen others to discover and fight through instead. There are main and optional quests that ask you to find certain items, reach a certain place, or deliver a certain number and variety of cats to its eclectic cast of humanoid characters. Not to mention all the special furniture you can find to decorate your house and make it as cute as can be for your precious kitties, which have stats or effects of their own. There is a lot going on here beyond the tactics roguelike at its core. In my hands-on session, I even jumped ahead to face one of the many bosses that can show up to attack your house at various points throughout the story, which then gave me an item I needed to take back out into another run to proceed even further. While most enemies have interesting little quirks, like giant sharks that will instantly kill a cat in one hit but move incredibly slowly or cats that hide as inanimate objects at the end of their turn to test your memory, bosses push you to strategize around them even further. The slippery Boris is a wrecking ball that moves toward whoever hits it, while Radical Rat will throw out bombs that can either be avoided or defused. But the best part about each major boss I saw, as well as some areas outside of combat, had to be the music. They are all accompanied by a jazzy tune with lyrics that match the mood of the fight. It’s such an unconventional choice that works so well throughout, and a good example of how Mewgenics is weird in the way any fan of The Binding of Isaac is likely to both recognize and adore. It’s not afraid to be gross and uncomfortable, but somehow simultaneously manages to make a game full of cat sex and poop attacks not feel juvenile. Well, okay, mostly – but it’s still a testament to how every bit of strange that’s here is a carefully considered stylistic choice, not just a cheap attempt at shock humor. Frankly, I can’t wait to play more Mewgenics, because it is speaking my language in a half dozen different ways. Beyond not yet getting to dig into the nitty gritty of stuff like trait inheritance and house upgrading myself, the main question I was left with is how well that loop of breeding cats and then taking them out to battle will hold up over the hundreds of hours of things to do that are supposedly here. 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Activision alleged that Rothholz, of Antioch, Tennessee, developed and released Lergware in 2021 or 2022 and sold it for $25 via his website. Then, in 2023, Rothholz allegedly updated Lergware to work with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone. “The update resulted in online player 'attacks' becoming increasingly frequent, causing some users to post warning messages online,” Activision said. In response, in June 2023 Activision sent a cease-and-desist letter to Rothholz. In response to that, Activision alleged, Rothholz posted the letter to an online Discord community dedicated to Lergware and “openly mocked Activision.” Still, later in June, Rothholz agreed to comply with the cease-and-desist, but then “simply changed his online alias and distributed his source code to other video game hackers.” GameHook was made available for several Call of Duty games, Activision said, including Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops Cold War, and last year’s Black Ops 6. GameHook cost at least $50 per Call of Duty game, with $375 for lifetime access to a “master key” to use all GameHook versions for all supported Call of Duty games. Activision said it believes “hundreds, if not thousands” of people bought GameHook and used it to cheat in Call of Duty games. “Activision is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that Defendants have received significant revenue from their activities, to the detriment of Activision and its player community,” the lawsuit claims. Activision said it had given the defendants an opportunity to comply with its demands without litigation, but “rather than engage with Activision, each has ignored Activision’s outreach, necessitating this lawsuit.” For example, in March 2025, Activision sent cease-and-desist letters to Rothholz and the other Defendants, and while online storefronts were shut down, none confirmed they would cease from creating or selling Call of Duty hacks, and none gave copies of the GameHook source code to Activision. Activision said it believes Rothholz, Gyetvai, and Boothey are continuing to distribute or sell the GameHook hacks or other Call of Duty hacks through private channels or via the GameHook Discord server. “Additionally, or alternatively, Activision has reason to believe that Rothholz, Gyetvai, and Boothey intend to ‘re-brand’ GameHook and offer the GameHook COD Hacks or similar COD Hacks under a different title, using different online aliases,” the lawsuit alleged. “Activision has attempted to reach out to Rothholz, Gyetvai, and Boothey informally, but they have not responded to Activision’s outreach. Accordingly, Activision had no choice but to file this lawsuit.” Activision wants monetary damages, injunctive and other equitable relief, and punitive damages against Defendants. It said the damages could amount to millions of dollars. “Defendants’ conduct harms Activision’s reputation and results in the loss of significant customer goodwill,” Activision said. “In fact, GameHook has been so frustrating to COD players that it received significant attention on social media and, on information and belief, has caused players to stop playing or avoid the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” Call of Duty has a reputation for cheating (it comes with the territory of being such a hugely popular shooter and having a free-to-download battle royale). Cheating is more prevalent on PC (Activision recently confirmed as much, to the point where it said if you believe you’ve died unfairly to a console player, it’s much more likely that they’ve used ‘intel advantage’ than cheats ). So, some console players head straight into Call of Duty’s settings to turn off crossplay across the board, just to take the potential for PC cheaters ruining their day out of the equation. With the launch of Season 3, Activision even added new console-only crossplay options for regular multiplayer, although PC players who do not cheat said they were being unfairly punished . Activision, as IGN has reported, has spent millions of dollars in the battle against Call of Duty cheat makers, cheat sellers, and cheat users, with a number of recent high-profile successes . In March, Phantom Overlay announced it was shutting down , with fans reacting in disbelief that such a prominent Call of Duty cheat provider could fall by the wayside. Also in March, IGN reported on four cheat providers that were shut down ahead of the hotly anticipated return of Verdansk to Warzone . This week, amid rising complaints about cheating across Warzone and Black Ops 6, Activision said it had shut down five more cheat makers since its last progress report (this is on top of the 20+ it’s shut down since Black Ops 6 came out last year), and had “disrupted” over 150 cheat sellers in the same period. 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      • "description": "Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Aliou Cisse says he is a \"man of a project\" as he bids to take Libya to the tournament in 2027.",
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But, for the 49-year-old, the move to join a nation ranked 117th in the world and 31st in Africa was based on a shared idea. \"I chose to be here in Libya and start this project because from my very first meeting with the board members of the Libyan Football Federation I felt the willingness and how much they believed in me as a person and as a coach,\" Cisse told BBC Sport Africa. \"They have a clear vision, and there is where our ideas met.\" Despite reports that he joined as one of the best-paid international coaches in Africa, Cisse insists he is not a hired gun, but someone who can lay the foundations for success. In Senegal, he spent a decade shaping a generation that would go on to secure the country's first senior continental title. He hopes to have a similar impact in Libya after agreeing an initial two-year deal. \"This country is full of talent and potential,\" he said. \"My job is to put Libyan football in the place it deserves. \"I am a man of a project, a builder of generations. In Senegal I had a fruitful 10-year project. \"I'm full of passion and confidence that I will repeat the same thing here.\" Libya have not qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) since 2012 and Cisse has already seen several aspects which can be improved. \"The players possess undeniable technical skills and there's an abundance of raw talent,\" he said. \"What's lacking, however, is experience and improved game management. \"Talent alone isn't enough at the African level - we need more commitment, fighting spirit, confidence and discipline to reach our goals.\" Cisse is still waiting for his first win as Libya coach, having picked up one point from games against Angola and Cameroon in qualifiers for the 2026 Fifa World Cup in March. Those results left his side five points adrift of Group D leaders Cape Verde and four points behind Cameroon with four rounds of preliminaries remaining. A second-placed finish could secure a continental play-off spot and extend hopes of reaching next year's finals. \"Our chances are still alive. In football, nothing is impossible,\" Cisse said. \"We must prepare thoroughly for the next two matches away to Angola and home to Eswatini.\" Since his opening two games, the Senegalese has held strategic meetings with Libyan officials to establish a roadmap for the future. Top of the agenda is building a balanced team structure that blends domestic talent with players from the diaspora. \"We have some very important milestones ahead that can accelerate our development,\" he added. \"We have the opportunity to participate in the Arab Cup [in December], which will serve as valuable preparation ahead of the Afcon 2027 qualifiers. \"Our main goal - qualification for Afcon 2027 - was set by the federation. Libya hasn't reached the tournament in 15 years, and that must change.\" Cisse also clarified one key talking point regarding using players based in Libya as the core of his side. \"I've heard rumours suggesting that I won't rely on local players. I want to firmly deny that,\" he stated. \"The foundation of our work will begin with domestic-based players. I intend to build around them and enhance the squad with professional reinforcements from abroad. \"There are Libyan players in Germany, Spain, Belgium and other leagues. I will reach out to every one of them. \"We are ready to welcome all who are committed to this national project.\" Cisse accepts that, given his achievements with Senegal and his profile, he and Libya's results will come under scrutiny. Yet while pressure often defines coaching roles in Africa, Cisse embraces it. \"There's positive pressure and negative pressure,\" he said. \"High level football is all about pressure and every person who wants to succeed in life must accept pressure. \"After 35 years of my football career, I can manage pressure. I can even use this positive pressure as motivation.\" Cisse has scouted players in the Libyan Premier League and begun to embed himself in the North African country's footballing culture. He insists he is fully committed to the Mediterranean Knights. \"I have absolutely no intention of leaving,\" he emphasised. \"My morale is high.\" Cisse says that having pride in representing Libya will be a cornerstone of his vision for the side. \"A player can represent many clubs throughout his career, but he will only ever have one national team,\" he said. \"Playing for the national team should be seen as a great honour. \"I love players who are willing to fight for their country. 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