MALI MOURNS FOR 48 WHO DROWNED IN SINGLE DAY TRYING TO REACH EUROPE

Forty-eight of our compatriots lost their lives in the Mediterranean on Sunday, January 7, said a foreign ministry statement issued late Wednesday... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO BE A WORLD LEADER?

Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and Wan Azizah, wife of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim during an opposition meeting in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on Jan. 7, 2018... READ MORE›

GUNMEN KIDNAP AND LATER KILL FIVE WORKERS LAYING FIBER-OPTIC CABLES IN MALI

Four Malians and a Togolese working for a Chinese telecom firm were kidnapped and murdered while laying fiber-optic cables in central Mali, multiple source... READ MORE›

ELECTION DELAY SENDS 'BAD SIGNAL' FOR MALI STABILITY

Last Tuesday, three separate attacks on UN camps in northern Mali's Kidal region were carried out, but no casualties were reported... READ MORE›

'LIBYA WAS HELL'

Investigation Protests meanwhile took place outside the Libyan embassies in several other African capital cities including Bamako, Mali and Conakry, Guinea over the weekend... READ MORE›

ART WORLD DESCENDS ON SENEGAL FOR THE DAK'ART BIENNALE

We have come to support the event because it is a major pan-African event... READ MORE›

HOSTAGES SEIZED IN ATTACK ON RADISSON HOTEL IN MALI

In August United Nations workers were killed in an assault on a hotel in central Mali... READ MORE›

TWO DEAD AS GUNMEN STORM TOURIST RESORT

Malian special forces intervened, backed by UN soldiers and troops from a French counter-terrorism force... READ MORE›

GUNMEN ATTACK MALI LUXURY RESORT, AT LEAST 2 DEAD

In an earlier statement, Mali's Ministry of Security and Civil Protection said the resort attack was carried out by armed individuals, certainly terrorists... READ MORE›

THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST U.N. MISSION

Already, the United Nations has tried to adapt in Mali... READ MORE›

MALI HOTEL ATTACK: GUNMEN HOLD 138 HOSTAGE AT RADISSON BLU AS THIRD BODY FOUND AT PARIS TERRORIST LAIR - LIVE

After the Paris attacks the other asylum-seekers at the shelter in Arnsberg, who are Syrian, reported him to police... READ MORE›

Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›

MALI GUNMEN WERE HUNTING FOR AIR FRANCE STAFF AT RADISSON HOTEL

Security guards say attackers were looking to kill french citizens in retaliation for the country's military campaign in mali... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 27 KILLED IN MALI HOTEL SIEGE; 2 GUNMEN DEAD

BAMAKO, Mali -- Malian security forces, aided by U.S... READ MORE›

UN RESOLUTION URGES COUNTRIES TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE

On Friday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced a summit meeting designed to draw pledges from countries to resettle Syrians... READ MORE›

MALI RESORT ATTACKED BY GUNMEN; AT LEAST 2 DEAD

Gunmen near Mali's capital city of Bamako attacked a luxury resort popular with Westerners on Sunday, the U.S. State Department said... READ MORE›

'JIHADISTS WERE GOING TO BURN IT ALL'

Haidara stayed in jihadist-occupied Timbuktu for a month, covertly organising the hiding of his manuscripts in family houses... READ MORE›

MALI BAR ATTACK KILLS FIVE IN BAMAKO

Ctv news french belgian among 5 killed during attack on restaurant in mali 3 hrs ago... READ MORE›

SUICIDE BLAST KILLS DOZENS AT ARMY BASE IN MALI'S GAO

We also talk about the ongoing concerns of abuses of the Mali security forces... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 20 HOSTAGES DEAD IN SIEGE OF HOTEL IN MALI, OFFICIAL SAYS

Mali has faced repeated attacks from militants linked to al-Qaeda and other factions, but the Islamic State does not have major footholds in the region... READ MORE›

FOREIGNERS SHOT DEAD AT BURKINA FASO LUXURY HOTEL

At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso... READ MORE›

TWELVE KILLED IN SEVARE, FOUR UN WORKERS SAVED

The gunmen had retreated to the hotel after attacking the Malian army facility which is only 20 metres from the hotel... READ MORE›

6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL

Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE›

EMMANUEL MACRON VISITS FRENCH TROOPS IN NORTHERN MALI

President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops fighting armed groups in the West African country of Mali on Friday, during his first official visit outside Europe... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE EBOLA NURSES ON STRIKE

The clinic, in Bandajuma near Bo, is the only Ebola treatment centre in southern Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

MALI HOTEL HOSTAGE STAND-OFF OVER, US SAYS

An attack by suspected Islamist militants who took 170 people hostage at Radisson Blue Hotel in the Malian capital is over, US officials say... READ MORE›

PARIS AND MALI ATTACKS EXPOSE QAEDA-ISIS RIVALRY

And especially for the Islamic State, with its territorial ambitions, they are a way to ensure compliance from the conquered... READ MORE›

ADAMA BARROW HEADS TO MALI FOR GAMBIA CRISIS TALKS

Winner of presidential vote heads to Bamako as last-ditch regional attempts to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down fail... READ MORE›

PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET

Mr. Ban's special envoy on the Ebola crisis, David Nabarro, also expressed doubts about achieving the Dec. 1 treatment goal in comments at the United Nations... READ MORE›

PARIS ATTACKS HAVE MANY IN FRANCE EAGER TO JOIN THE FIGHT

Mr. Hollande deployed 10,000 soldiers on the streets of Paris and other cities the day after the attacks... READ MORE›

BRUSSELS PLACED AT HIGHEST ALERT LEVEL SUBWAY IS CLOSED

A railway station under the headquarters of the European Union's executive was sealed off early Saturday and all traffic on the Brussels metro system was stopped... READ MORE›

NIGERIAN MILITARY 'MISTAKE' KILLS AT LEAST 50 IN ATTACK ON SAFE-HAVEN TOWN

In Rann in recent months, the Nigerian military has battled Boko Haram fighters, who had attacked troops with improvised explosive devices, suicide bombers and ambushes... READ MORE›

GUNMEN STAGE DEADLY SIEGE ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL

Andrew Lebovich, a specialist on political and security issues in the region, said the attack in Burkina Faso showed an evolution in the group's tactical ability... READ MORE›

EBOLA OUTBREAK CAN BE ENDED IN 2015

Ebola outbreak can be ended in 2015 un's ban ki-moon... READ MORE›

JIHADISTS DEEPEN COLLABORATION IN NORTH AFRICA

Many of the extremist groups are affiliates of Al Qaeda, which has had roots in North Africa since the 1990s... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 27 DEAD AFTER ISLAMIST GUNMEN STORM RADISSON BLU HOTEL IN BAMAKO

Mali security forces have reportedly evacuated 12 hostages from the hotel, according to Mali government authorities... READ MORE›