Separatist Tuareg-led group and regional al-Qaeda affiliate have claimed responsibility for attacks on army positions.

The move marks the culmination of several years of strained relations between the two countries since Captain Ibrahim Traoré came to power in September 2022.

Western forces have largely beat a hasty retreat from Africa’s coup-prone Sahel region in recent years. In 2022, French forces departed Mali as insurgents made incursions into the capital, Bamako. A ...

THE Africa Forward Summit, recently held in Nairobi, Kenya, remains fresh in the minds of many who follow African development ...

In 2011, the United States conducted the first drone strike on the continent, targeting senior leaders of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab. At the time, Washington held a near monopoly in drone ...

This story by Allison Freeman was originally posted on the Rutgers Foundation news page. Rutgers family from Senegal supports ...

Al-Qaeda's top commander in Mali has been killed, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno said, signalling a significant blow to the rebels in the seven-week ...

Operation Serval showed how quickly France could project force when Mali faced collapse. Airborne troops, armored columns, ...

Yann Vezilier is expected to serve his sentence in Mali following a conviction handed down late on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. A French national accused by Mali's ...

BAMAKO, June 6 (Reuters) - A French national accused by Mali's military-led government of involvement in a plot to destabilise the country last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a person ...

Alexander Zverev is no longer the best men's tennis player without a Grand Slam title. After years of near-misses, collapses, injuries, brutal draws and uncomfortable questions about whether he had ...