Hemmed in by a jihadist blockade of the Malian capital, Muslims in Bamako have been forced to spend Eid away from their ...

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 ...

Mauritania has sent its foreign minister to Rabat, a visit that comes at a sensitive security and political moment for ...

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a jihadist group affiliated to al-Qaeda, imposed a fuel blockade on Bamako last ...

Militants have ambushed a convoy of trucks heading to Mali’s blockaded capital of Bamako. That's according to a transportation workers union.

Russian forces are withdrawing from the city of Kidal, Mali after a weekend of attacks across the country by Al-Qaeda-linked militants.

DAKAR, Senegal — Mali's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the ...

Mali’s junta leader and the country's president has assumed the duties of defense minister after the incumbent was killed in sweeping, coordinated attacks by separatist and jihadi forces that stunned ...

Several cities in Mali were attacked by militants associated with al-Qaeda and separatists in the largest military strikes ...

Incredible drama as Algeria qualify following drawing of lots, while Mali and Senegal also secure tickets to Qatar showpiece.

Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said. Mali's army said in a statement that ...