Mali

Mali troops re-enter strategic northern town in years-long fight against insurgents

The goals of the operations included neutralizing armed groups operating in the area, destroying their supply networks and restoring "lasting security" and free movement for people and goods.

Motorcycles line up near a closed petrol station, amid ongoing fuel shortages caused by a blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked insurgents in early September, in Bamako, Mali, October 31, 2025.
Soldiers from the al-Qaeda-linked National Front for the Liberation of Azawad (FLA) patrol the streets of Kidal, on May 8, 2026.

A $50 million hostage ransom funded al-Qaeda terrorism in West Africa, UN says

- A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul.

Libyan commander Haftar helped secure release of US hostage in Sahel

A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026; Illustrative.

US considering military operations against Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists in Mali - report


Biden announces US support for African Union joining G20

The statement comes as part of Washington's efforts to reinvigorate ties with a region that has taken a back seat to other priorities in recent years.

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens as U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the U.S.-Africa Summit Leaders Session on partnering on the African Union’s Agenda 2063, in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2022.

Two UN peacekeepers killed, 5 wounded in northern Mali attack - UN

Insecurity has grown in the West African country since Islamist insurgents who took root in its arid north a decade ago escalated attacks and seized territory.

Members of MINUSMA Chadian contingent patrol in Kidal, Mali

Russia and Turkey’s role in Africa gains spotlight

Action in Africa is increasingly becoming part of the broader tensions between Moscow and the West. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2021.

Militants kill at least 31 in central Mali

A bus was attacked by unidentified gunmen as it traveled its twice-weekly route from the village of Songho to a market in Bandiagara.

Malian soldiers of the 614th Artillery Battery are 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.

Rwandan genocide 'kingpin' Bagosora dies in Mali prison

Theoneste Bagosora was serving a 35-year sentence after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the then International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

Rwanda Remembrance Day

Military detain Mali's president, prime minister & defense minister

President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane & defense minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a military base in Kati outside the capital Bamako, the sources said.

The new interim president of Mali Bah Ndaw is sworn in during the Inauguration ceremony in Bamako, Mali September 25, 2020.

UN says four peacekeepers killed in north Mali terrorist attack

"The attack started with mortar fire, followed by an attempted car bomb and then a direct attack," a UN spokeswoman said.

Members of MINUSMA Chadian contingent patrol in Kidal, Mali

France says it has killed senior al-Qaeda North Africa operative in Mali

"A historic figure of the jihadist movement in the Sahel, Bah ag Moussa is considered responsible for several attacks against Malian and international forces," Parly said in a statement.

Chief of the Defence Staff of the French Army General Francois Lecointre arrives at Gao French Army base, Mali November 27, 2019

Former Mali president Toure, democratic icon toppled in coup, has died

Toure's life, in many ways, symbolized the stop-start nature of democracy in the West African country.

Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure 370 (R)

West African States Economic Community tries to deal with the Mali coup

Intervention is always a tricky business, because the tangled ethnic and political details are different for each of the 15 member states.

COL. ISMAEL WAGUE, the spokesman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, addresses the media after meeting with the Economic Community of West African States in Bamako, Mali, earlier this week.