The jihadists set an ambush for a civilian convoy escorted by ... ISIS had not claimed responsibility for the attack. Since 2012, Mali has been facing a deep security crisis, fuelled in part ...

BAMAKO, Mali — An armed group attacked an artisanal gold mining site in southern Mali on Monday morning, a local elected official announced, the first such attack since a military government ...

This is already the second occasion on which Russian mercenaries have fallen into an ambush in Mali. Back in July, they were assailed by Tuareg rebels near the Algerian border, leading to the ...

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s group in West Africa, claimed a deadly ambush on French troops yesterday ... French security operation near the borders with Mali.

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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's military government announced on Tuesday that it had dissolved all political parties, approving a recommendation publicised last month that spurred unprecedented protests ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali ’s military government has suspended political party activities in the West African country “until further notice," state media said Wednesday, days after the first pro ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has won the backing of key political allies to be declared president for the next five years. The 41-year-old, who has seized power twice, was named ...

Approximately 10 soldiers died and seven were injured in an ambush in Niger's Dosso region. While the attack is attributed to ...