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
World’s most dangerous countries in 2025The Emergency Watchlist for 2025 highlights escalating humanitarian crises in several countries, including Sudan, which tops the list due t...
09 Jan, 2025, 01.43 PM IST
ICC convicts Timbuktu jihad police chief of war crimesMindua described brutal floggings in the central square in front of crowds including children, as well as a public amputation by machete. A...
26 Jun, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
Mali military camp is attacked a day after 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed in assaultsA military camp in Mali's north was attacked following two separate assaults by al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed 49 civilians and 15 ...
08 Sep, 2023, 04.46 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
India condemns terror attack in Mali"India strongly condemns the barbaric terrorist attack on a camp of Malian Armed Forces on 4 March 2022 at Mondoro in the central region of...
08 Mar, 2022, 02.36 PM 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
With military victory elusive, West African nations quietly back talks with IslamistsFor a decade, West African armies and their international allies have fought against militant groups active in the Sahel region, some linke...
11 Jun, 2021, 03.20 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
Fighting menace of terrorism requires robust support from UNSC, international community: IndiaSpeaking at the UN Security Council meeting on UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), India's Deputy Perma...
13 Jan, 2021, 10.54 PM IST
Elite European anti-jihadist force takes first steps in SahelTakuba troops are tasked with supporting elite Malian soldiers, who use motorbikes and pick-up trucks to zip into territory lost to jihadis...
05 Nov, 2020, 12.31 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
Uri attack: India steps up engagements with OIC countries to isolate PakistanVice President Hamid Ansari will undertake visits to Nigeria and Mali this month and Algeria in October to isolate Pakistan.
20 Sep, 2016, 07.08 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
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
- Mali urges Algeria to tighten border security
Mali wants neighbouring Algeria to tighten security on their Sahara desert border and help get Tuareg rebels to free 26 hostages, Mali's pa...
26 Feb, 2008, 04.46 PM IST