Mali's military-led government is in a complex negotiation with Barrick Gold over $199 million in back taxes. With ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa’s Sahel region, while on his way ...

The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali's predominately Tuareg north, said on X ...

Russia has moved heavy military equipment from Syria to Mali, as revealed by the local television channel Cap Mali+. The footage shows transports carrying T-72B3 tanks, BMD infantry fighting vehicles, ...

Mali, however, perceives these statements as an intrusion on its sovereignty, straining an already complex relationship. The two nations hold opposing views on how to address the conflict in ...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ) issued an alert on Tuesday over intensifying hostilities ...

This resurgence of conflict also coincided with the withdrawal of the United Nations stabilisation mission in Mali (Minusma), which was pushed out by the junta after a decade of operations.

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Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic ...

But after its conquest, then independence from France, Mali has suffered devastating droughts, political instability and conflict that continues to this day. Mali remains a deeply impoverished, ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali ...