Days after the West African country’s ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent of the carnage. By Elian Peltier and Christiaan Triebert The military junta ...

Mali has been struggling for over a decade to defeat "jihadists" around Gao, Kidal and Ségou. Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), linked to al-Qaida, is believed to be the most vicious of the ...

HOUNDE, Burkina Faso, March 21 (Reuters) - A small group of activists have been walking from Mali's capital Bamako to Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to express their support for a federation ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In Bamako’s popular Darsalam neighborhood, a young gendarme stands by a newly barricaded street, his hand on the trigger of a rifle pointed slightly to the ground. The armed ...

WASHINGTON, February 20, 2019 – Bamako, Mali’s capital city, has an opportunity to promote growth and improve service delivery, however this window of opportunity is narrow, a new World Bank Group ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali authorities arrested two people on Thursday suspected of links to an attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 20 people, the security ministry said. At least two ...

As a severe fuel blockade paralyzes Mali's capital, giant colorful marionettes danced through Bamako's streets this week in a defiant celebration of resilience, with the annual Rendez-Vous Chez Nous ...

Mali's army said militants attacked a military police school near Bamako's international airport. While Mali has been grappling with an insurgency since 2012, it is rare for militants to attack the ...

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ON A recent afternoon deep in rural Guinea, Baobab asked the fellow passengers of his Citroën Xantia bush taxi whether the large tree by the side of the road was in fact his namesake. They confirmed ...