At dawn on June 1, gunfire shattered the stillness of Mali's military base in Boulkessi. Waves of jihadist insurgents from an ...

Mali is a former French colony that gained independence in 1960, and has a population of over 18 million people. However, Mali's democratic peace has not been stable.

Mali’s neighbors and western governments are looking on anxiously as drug traffickers and Islamist groups affiliated with al Qaeda take ... Mali envoy Omar Daou says: “Our people are divided.

Five years after taking power by force, Mali's junta leader, General Assimi Goita, has abandoned his promise of a democratic transition, extending his military rule for at least five more years ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Several dozen people, notably women and children, have demonstrated in the central Malian village of Diafarabé following allegations that the Malian army killed more than 20 people.

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Mali's government announced that at least 15 people have been killed and dozens of others were injured when two passenger buses collided with a truck carrying livestock.

According to eye care charity Sightsavers, around 170,000 people in Mali are thought to be blind. The 47-year-old Ndiaye was fortunate to attend the institute for the blind in Mali, ...

— -- At least 21 people died Friday -- including a U.S. citizen, the State Department said -- after 170 people were taken hostage at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali in West Africa, according ...

- Leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, attends an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on ...

Speaking to the U.N. Security Council last week, Mali envoy Omar Daou says: “Our people are divided. Our country is threatened with partition.” ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Several dozen people, notably women and children, have demonstrated in the central Malian village of Diafarabé following allegations that the Malian army killed more than 20 ...