Russia needs to expand its financial and banking presence in Africa to keep working with the region's nations and increase trade with the continent in view of the unprecedented restrictions imposed on the Russian financial sector, Aliu Tunkara, a member of the Malian parliament, told Sputnik on Tuesday

Several thousand people took to the streets of Mali's capital, Bamako, to demand the closure of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), French radio RFI reported on Friday