Mali and Nigeria, two of the countries in the Sahel region of west Africa, are separated by approximately 1,000 kilometres, with the Niger Republic between them. They differ in population size and ...

BAMAKO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Mali's cotton harvest is expected to drop 75% this year, to 176,200 tonnes from 700,000 tonnes last year, because of a pandemic-induced price slump that forced farmers to ...

Former Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in a massive offensive by combined jihadist and separatist forces.

A spate of attacks was coordinated by Tuareg separatists and jihadis with links to al-Qaeda. Among them, a car bomb in Bamako killed Mali's defense minister. Fighting continued between rebels and Mali ...

BAMAKO, July 10 (Reuters) - Cotton output in Mali is expected to shrink more than 40% year-on-year to 400,000 tonnes in the 2020/21 season after farmers avoided growing the crop due to a ...