Mali

Trump bars Palestinians from entering US on PA-issued travel docs

The US has imposed full restrictions and entry limitations on nationals from five countries - Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria - in addition to the initial list of 12 countries.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025.
Soldiers from Burkina Faso walk after the closing ceremony of the US sponsored Flintlock exercises at the site of the new French-backed international counter-terrorism academy in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast March 14, 2023.

Al Qaeda-linked terrorists kill at least 10 soldiers in Niger, sources say

A child sits holding a sponge at a car wash, amid ongoing fuel shortages caused by a blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked insurgents in early September, in Bamako, Mali, October 31, 2025.

Mali army killed 31 villagers in attacks on insurgent area, HRW says

Asha Kano Kavi, an internally displaced woman from Kadugli, serves wild boiled leaves for food to orphaned children at the Bruam IDP Camp within the Sudan's People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) controlled area in Tobo County in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan June 22, 2024

UN warns of looming famine in Sudan, Gaza among numerous hotspots


Britain investigates after Mali gets defense emails meant for Pentagon

British media made light of the incident, with the BBC running the headline "You've Got Mali," a deliberately inaccurate reference to a 1998 Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romcom.

3D printed models of people working on computers and padlock are seen in front of a displayed DATA LEAKING words and binary code in this picture illustration taken, February 1, 2022.

US sanctions Malian officials over alleged ties to Wagner Group

Also targeted in Monday's action was Mali’s Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Alou Boi Diarra, and Malian Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff, Adama Bagayoko.

 MEMBERS OF the Wagner Group stand on a tank near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, last week.

Classified US military info sent to Mali due to email typo

Concerns have been raised as the Russian-allied Mali government will soon have access to decades worth of mistakenly sent secrets.

3D printed models of people working on computers and padlock are seen in front of a displayed DATA LEAKING words and binary code in this picture illustration taken, February 1, 2022.

Iran may supply Mali with weapons, impacting West Africa and Sahel - analysis

Iran’s goal in this case appears to be to extend its influence to more countries in Africa.

A Malian soldier of the 614th Artillery Battery is pictured during a training session on a D-30 howitzer with the European Union Training Mission (EUTM), to fight jihadists, in the camp of Sevare, Mopti region, in Mali, March 23, 2021.

Australian doctor freed by al Qaeda after 7 years in captivity

The doctor and his wife were seized in January 2016 from Djibo, near Burkina Faso's border with Mali, where they have operated a 120-bed clinic for more than 40 years.

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.

Western countries pile pressure on Mali over Wagner Group role

Mali's director of military justice Colonel Boubacar Maiga said that an investigation was already underway.

 Visitors gather outside PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2022

At least nine killed, over 60 injured in triple suicide bombing in central Mali

It is still unclear exactly who was responsible for the bombing, because no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

 Malian soldiers patrol in Bamako, Mali July 27, 2018. Picture taken July 27, 2018.

As Russia looms, US seeks influence in West Africa's fight against Islamists

For a decade, offensive efforts have failed to stop an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced millions.

Ghanaian military personnel train shooting during the annual counter-terrorism program called "Operation Flintlock", in Daboya, Ghana March 2, 2023.

WHO doctor kidnapped in eastern Mali

The doctor was taken from his car in the town of Menaka, where Jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are active.

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021.

Bodies of 28 men found shot dead in Burkina Faso - prosecutors

The killings happened against the background of an Islamist insurgency spreading from Burkina Faso's neighbouring Mali.

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.