A government plain in the African nation of Mali to remove state support for Catholic schools could harm inter-religious ...

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

A jihadist state is a structure that operates under Islamic law, or sharia, and is directed by a single leader, or caliph, who combines political and religious roles. Groups such as Islamic State ...

The 13th century saw the rise of Mansas and the Empire of Mali. The Mansas brought huge wealth and established Islam as the main religion. They created centres of learning and culture at Timbuktu ...

In Mali, although violence has reduced compared with the scale ... “IS media coverage of its African affiliates also highlights governance and religious efforts, which is critical to the Islamic State ...

For over a decade, the four members of the band, three of whom are initially from the north, have been based in Bamako, the capital of Mali, unable to return to their homeland because religious ...

Over time, they evolved into a radical faction, imposing strict religious laws and exerting ... group affiliated with extremist elements from Mali and Niger, exacerbating insecurity in the ...

"Persecution is rising in countries such as Burkina Faso (20), Mali (14) and Chad (49), which ... the issue of Christian persecution by making religious freedom a priority. He said persecution ...

In 2010, British academic Mary Grey wrote about Sheikh training to be a teacher in her book A Cry for Dignity: Religion, Violence and the Struggle ... And there seems to be photographic evidence too: ...

A landslide has engulfed a group of mainly women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them. In a statement broadcast on ...