As the bodies of two French journalists killed in Mali arrive in Paris, the French government says it will still withdraw two-thirds of its soldiers from the West African country ... Read more »
Global leaders have pledged over $8 billion to boost economic growth in the Sahel region of West Africa as they begin a United Nations-led visit to an area that has suffered for ... Read more »
The Sahel region, a vast arid stretch of land linking six countries in West Africa -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal -- is home to some of the most ... Read more »
In a new report, Human Rights Watch accused the Malian army of torture, summary executions, and enforced disappearances of suspected Islamist rebels and alleged collaborators since ... Read more »
The Malian government has announced that the death toll in the Niger River boat accident has risen to 72 people. Read more »
Islamic militants are suspected to have shelled the northern town of Gao. The attack came days days after a suicide bombing in Timbuktu, the other main town in the north of the ... Read more »
As a car bomb exploded in Kidal, killing one person, heavy fighting has also broken out in Gao, the largest town in northern Mali. Read more »
The latest flare up of fighting in the northern town of Gao has raised fresh fears for the hundreds of thousands of refugees forced from their homes by the Islamist-led violence. Read more »
The head of Mali UN mission, Bert Koender, has urged the Security Council to accelerate the deployment of additional troops as recent security incidents are an "important wake-up ... Read more »
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