Muslims in Mali's capital, Bamako, face challenges celebrating Eid al-Adha due to a blockade by armed groups linked to al-Qaida.

Mali’s military carries out strikes after attacks last month by al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Tuareg separatists.

Mali's junta leader and the country's president has assumed the duties of defense minister after the incumbent was killed in sweeping, coordinated attacks by separatist and jihadi forces that stunned ...

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Mali’s security situation has deteriorated in recent years, as armed groups have carried out coordinated attacks.

Mali’s military has launched fresh airstrikes on the northern city of Kidal after rebel groups and Al Qaeda-linked fighters seized key territories across the region. Bamako says the strikes will ...

Regional al Qaeda affiliate JNIM has claimed responsibility with the Tuareg-dominated rebel group FLA for the ​coordinated ⁠attacks ⁠across Mali, SITE Intelligence ‌Group quoted JNIM as ⁠saying.

Amidst this struggle for security and control, Mali’s 24 million people are sitting atop a vast, untapped gold resource, estimated at about 800 tonnes of proven reserves, the third largest in Africa ...

Mali's defence minister has been killed in an apparent suicide truck bombing on his residence near the capital Bamako. Multiple news outlets reported the death of Sadio Camara, part of a wave of ...

Mali's former defense minister Gen. Sadio Camara, who played a key role in the country's shift toward Russia, was buried in a ceremony broadcast on state television.

Mali has officially backed Morocco’s plan to grant autonomy to Western Sahara while asserting sovereignty over the disputed region. The Malian transitional government announced its decision on Friday, ...