Days after the West African country’s ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent ...

There was growing general dissatisfaction as well with France, a former colonial power, across Francophone West Africa. Although thousands of French troops deployed in Mali and Burkina Faso ...

The West African country’s armed forces said the assault, on a school for military police, was carried out by terrorists.

STORY: At the end of July, the bodies of dozens of mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group lay in the sand of Mali's desert.:: ...

Gunmen targeted a military training camp in Mali, the nation?s army has reported Several members of an insurgent group that ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Islamic militants attacked a military training camp in Mali’s capital Tuesday, sparking a deadly gunbattle and the temporary closure of a nearby airport before troops were able ...

Three West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from ...

BAMAKO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Mali declared a state of national ... the council of ministers said in a statement. Most years, the West and Central Africa region sees floods of varying severity ...

Wagner’s counterinsurgency operation in Mali ... in which Africa represents a new front in Russia’s war with Ukraine—and more broadly, in its struggle against NATO and the West.

The statement reads in part: "Recent heavy rains and floods across West Africa have forced nearly 950,000 people, many of them children, from their homes across Mali, Nigeria and Niger.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will soon introduce new biometric passports issued by their new alliance, after their withdrawal the West African Ecowas bloc earlier this year. Mali's leader said ...

A military police base in Mali's capital Bamako has been attacked by unidentified gunmen, a police source told AFP on Tuesday ...