Al-Qaeda in Mali is closer than ever to ruling its first country. The terror group’s affiliate, JNIM, now controls huge parts of the nation...

Seven members of the Russian Wagner mercenary group were killed in an attack in central Mali, claimed by an al-Qaeda affiliate. The attack ...

Al Hassan convicted of war crimes in Timbuktu for reign of terror by insurgents in 2012. Victims faced corporal punishment, imprisonment. P...

A military camp in Mali's north was attacked following two separate assaults by al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed 49 civilians and 15 ...

As the political standoff in Niger continues, the plight of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and his family highlights the dire consequence...

A wave of violence claimed the lives of ten civilians and three soldiers in Mali, where 88 jihadists were "neutralised" on Saturday, accord...

In early December, the junta in the west African nation suspended Radio France Internationale (RFI), which belongs to the same media group ...

Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Stephen Heappey announced that the UK would withdraw the troops from Mali as a part of the pea...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, witnessed heavy gunfire, which led the soldiers to take action immediately.

Last month, soldiers detained the president and prime minister of an interim government installed in the wake of a coup in August, provokin...

France's military has been fighting Islamic extremists in Mali since 2013, and the temporary suspension applies only to operations carried ...

France has around 5,100 troops in the region under its so-called Barkhane operation which spans five countries in the Sahel -- Burkina Faso...

The detention on Monday of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a cou...

The African Union, the United Nations, the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS and other members of the international community call...

The latest events threaten to exacerbate instability in the West African country where violent Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islam...

"The international community rejects in advance any act of coercion, including forced resignations," the statement said. "They emphasize th...

The decision to replace army chief of staff General Ibrahim Dahirou Dembele was taken during a cabinet meeting on Friday, a government stat...