Northern Mali

Militants kidnap French journalist in northern Mali

French reporter Olivier Dubois says in a video he was kidnapped by Al Qaeda-linked group JNIM on April 8 while he was working in Mali’s northern city of Gao.

Militant ambush kills 24 soldiers in Mali, many missing

Army says eight soldiers escaped attack on around a dozen vehicles in northwest Bouka Were, around 100 kilometres from border with Mauritania.

Mali set for election runoff, despite virus and militant threats

The elections in Mali have been repeatedly delayed, eroding trust in institutions as the country struggles with a militant revolt that has claimed thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.

Mali army base attack kills at least 25 soldiers – army

Officials say the death toll could climb after militants, who arrived on motorbikes and in cars, attacked a military base in the Gao region.

African Union to deploy 3,000 troops to restive Sahel

Senior AU official says decision taken because militant "threat is expanding" in Sahel, a semi-arid strip below Africa's Sahara desert.

At least seven dead in Congo Fever outbreak in Mali

The disease often infects people after they come into contact with the blood of infected animals and was spotted for the first time in the village of Samoa in late January for the first time.

Daesh claims deadly attacks on Malian troops, French army convoy

Mali was hit by two large-scale attacks on the country's military on Friday, in which at least 54 people have been killed. Another attack on a French army convoy in the Indelimane area on Saturday left one French soldier dead.

Hope evaporates as climate change dehydrates northern Mali

Northern Mali's population is fast dwindling as people flee desertification, drought and armed conflict only to end up in places where they face increased competition for resources.

Malian governor removed after village massacre

Malian authorities revised the death toll down to 35 from a previous estimate of 95. On Monday, a militant group massacred villagers from the Dogon ethnic group in southern Mali.

Are the UN peacekeepers in Africa sitting ducks to terror groups?

The number of fatal attacks on the UN peacekeeping forces in Africa has increased in recent years and the recent killing of 10 peacekeepers in Mali is alarming.

Mali car bomb attack kills four civilians, wounds 31

The ambush, which involved a car bomb explosion followed by gunfire, took place two days after militants killed at least six people during a raid on a military headquarters in central Mali.

Attack on market in Mali kills at least 12 civilians

Witnesses claim the incident, that took place in the town of Boulekessi near Mali's border with Burkina Faso, was due to military "blunders" and that "more than 15 civilians were killed," according to a former Malian minister.