Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes ...

A Spanish national, Gilbert Navarro, who had been kidnapped in southern Algeria last week, has been released by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali.

Eleven political parties in Mali on Wednesday urged the ruling junta to confirm a timetable for elections and a return to ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...

The junta-led governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have established a joint military force aimed at addressing the escalating extremist violence in the Sahel region, according to a statement ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria ...

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

Mali’s new penal code came into effect on 13 December 2024. It equates same-sex sexual relations with indecent assault and ...

Mali already is a 20% shareholder in Loulo-Gounkoto, and Barrick is 80% owner. The government, run by a military junta, has insisted the mine should operate under the country’s 2023 mining code.

The situation in Mali is further complicated by threats from Burkina Faso’s junta to strip mining permits and the seizure of a French-run uranium site in Niger, according to a report from Reuters.