Gunmen launched coordinated attacks across Mali early Saturday, targeting locations in the capital, Bamako, and other cities. Residents rep...

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...

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is a dangerous group. It is causing instability in West Africa. The group formed in 2017. It has grown...

Russia is expanding its military role in Africa by sending weapons and equipment to countries like Mali, using sanctioned ships to bypass W...

Olympics: French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Olympic Games open on Friday after a rainy ceremony featuring cheers for athletes a...

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

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

No group has yet taken responsibility for the attacks in the area where Malian troops, French and European forces, and United Nations peace...

France is preparing to reduce its military presence here in West Africa's Sahel region, the vast area south of the Sahara Desert where extr...

Fighting in the vast semi-arid region began in 2012, when Islamist militants joined a local insurgency in northern Mali, capturing swathes ...

For a decade, West African armies and their international allies have fought against militant groups active in the Sahel region, some linke...

The defence ministry in Paris last week announced a "temporary" suspension in military advice and joint operations pending "guarantees" tha...

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

Vice President Hamid Ansari will undertake visits to Nigeria and Mali this month and Algeria in October to isolate Pakistan.

Islamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital this morning, killing at least th...

India has pledged USD one million to the African-led International Support Missions to Mali, which is witnessing violence by militants.