The two-year-old Africa Corps, which has links to a covert branch of Russia’s army, is ascendant at a time when U.S. and ...

Since seizing control in September 2022, insurgents continue to expand their territory ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

Barrick Mining is fighting to retain control of its gold operations in Mali after the West African country's military junta moved to place the mining complex under administration. The Canadian ...

For the first time after the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic, the three countries under the Alliance of Sahel States confederation, has held a meeting with the leadership of the ...

Despite Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso's exit from ECOWAS, Commission President Omar Alieu Touray told FRANCE 24 that he remains hopeful West Africa will stay united. He highlighted the bloc’s ...

MOUNTOUGOULA, Mali (AP) — For Aminata Doumbia, an 18-year-old Malian, the “Shifin ni Tagne” project was a path for her life dreams. A phrase meaning “our future” in the country’s main ...

A 36-minute video purporting to show Pope Leo XIV reading a statement denouncing colonialism and praising Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old leader of Burkina Faso, has garnered nearly a ...

DAKAR/TORONTO – A court in Mali will hold a hearing on Thursday to consider a request made by Mali's military government to reopen Canadian miner Barrick's Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine under a ...

The company said on May 19 that discussions with the government of Mali on finalising the export permit for spodumene concentrate produced at Bougouni are continuing as planned and that the permit ...