Macron Visits French Troops In Mali’s Restive North
President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first official trip outside ...
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Macron In Mali’s Restive North For Morale-Boosting Visit
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadists for four years, in his ...
UN To Deploy ‘rapid Intervention Force’ In Central Mali
A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase in ...
Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, local officials told AFP on Wednesday, ...
Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, the first such known occurrence since ...
Four Red Cross Employees Kidnapped In Central Mali
Four Malian Red Cross employees have been kidnapped in the country's restive centre, the organisation said Monday, while a local ...
Jihadists Claim Mali Attack That Killed UN Peacekeeper
A UN peacekeeper killed in a rocket and mortar attack in Mali was identified Thursday as a Liberian soldier, as ...
Rocket Attack On UN Camp In Mali Kills One, Wounds 9
Shelling and rocket fire on a UN camp in the troubled Malian city of Timbuktu killed one person and wounded ...
Nine Malian Soldiers Killed In Central Mali Attack
Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded in an area regularly targeted by jihadist groups, as the commander of ...
French Forces Kill Militants In Mali Forest
France has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured ...
Mali State of Emergency ‘extended By 6 Months’
Mali has extended a state of emergency by six months until October 31, a source in the parliament told AFP ...
Mali Extends State of Emergency As Jihadist Attacks Persist
A state of emergency that has been in force almost non-stop for 17 months in Mali was extended by 10 ...
Mali ‘Islamist Militant Attack’ Kills Five
Five Malian soldiers have been killed by suspected Islamist militants on Tuesday in the northern city of Timbuktu, BBC Afrique ...
‘Jihadists’ Kill 4 Soldiers In Mali’s North
Suspected jihadists on Tuesday killed four Malian soldiers in an attack in the restive northern region of Timbuktu, the French ...
Mali’s Defense Minister Named As New Prime Minister
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita replaced his prime minister late on Saturday, naming the defense minister to head the government ...
Mali, France Rule Out Talks With Jihadists After Attacks
France and Mali on Friday ruled out any talks with jihadist groups responsible for repeated attacks on Malian and foreign ...
Five Dead In Jihadist Attack In Mali
A Tuareg-led group in Mali said five of its fighters were killed Saturday in an attack blamed on jihadists, a ...
Mali Peace Conference Urges Talks With Islamist Groups
Mali’s government should start talks with the leaders of two Islamist groups that have staged deadly attacks on Malian and ...
Mali Peace Conference Calls For Talks With Jihadists
A national peace summit in Mali ended Sunday with a call for negotiations with jihadists in the country's north, according ...
New Jihadist Alliance Claims Border Attack In Mali
A new jihadist alliance claimed responsibility Saturday for an attack that killed three members of Mali's security forces on March ...