Gunfire, blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents sayGunmen launched coordinated attacks across Mali early Saturday, targeting locations in the capital, Bamako, and other cities. Residents rep...
25 Apr, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Al-Qaeda is back - this country could become the first to be ruled by the terror group in its 40-year historyAl-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...
01 Nov, 2025, 06.43 PM IST
Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint in AfricaRussia is expanding its military role in Africa by sending weapons and equipment to countries like Mali, using sanctioned ships to bypass W...
10 Jun, 2025, 10.24 AM IST
Boeing 737 catches fire and skids off the runway at a Senegal airport, injuring 10 peopleBoeing 737 skids in Dakar, injuring passengers. Cheick Siriman Sissoko's post captures the Air Senegal flight emergency. Transport Minister...
09 May, 2024, 05.58 PM IST
10 civilians, three soldiers killed in Mali amid 'resurgence' of violenceA wave of violence claimed the lives of ten civilians and three soldiers in Mali, where 88 jihadists were "neutralised" on Saturday, accord...
23 Apr, 2023, 06.35 AM IST
James Heappey announces UK would withdraw troops from Mali peacekeeping missionMinister 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...
15 Nov, 2022, 12.40 AM IST
The Sahel's intractable conflictFighting in the vast semi-arid region began in 2012, when Islamist militants joined a local insurgency in northern Mali, capturing swathes ...
11 Jun, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
French military suspension in Mali hits a struggling armyThe defence ministry in Paris last week announced a "temporary" suspension in military advice and joint operations pending "guarantees" tha...
08 Jun, 2021, 02.12 PM IST
Mediators to meet detained Malian leaders as pressure on army buildsThe detention on Monday of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a cou...
26 May, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
Explained: Why Mali is in turmoil againThe latest events threaten to exacerbate instability in the West African country where violent Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islam...
25 May, 2021, 03.54 PM IST
Unraveling of Trump policies a distant hope for separated immigrant familiesWhile immigrants have faced hurdles settling in the United States for generations and illegal immigration has bedeviled both Republican and...
29 Sep, 2020, 05.38 PM IST
Mali's president and prime minister detained by mutinous soldiersIt was not immediately clear who was behind the latest turmoil to wrack Mali, but the unrest erupted at the very same military barracks whe...
19 Aug, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
Hamid Ansari returns home from two-nation Africa visitThe Vice President described the visit to the African countries as "very satisfying" and said it was a follow-up on many ideas discussed du...
01 Oct, 2016, 01.15 PM IST
Iconic African photographer Malick Sidibe passes away at 80Pioneering Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose powerful black and white images of local life won him global fame and top awards, has d...
15 Apr, 2016, 08.44 PM IST
20 Indians taken hostage by gunmen in Mali evacuated safely, 22 killedAll the 20 Indians, taken hostage along with 150 other guests by gunmen in Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, have been safely ev...
20 Nov, 2015, 11.12 PM IST
20 Indians staying in hotel taken hostage by militants in Mali hotelThe Indian embassy in Mali is tracking the developments and is in touch with the authorities monitoring the situation. The Indians work for...
20 Nov, 2015, 07.01 PM IST
Army: 3 confirmed dead in attack on Mali hotel in BamakoIslamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital this morning, killing at least th...
20 Nov, 2015, 06.49 PM IST