The shift brings Russian support to ‘a more fundamental level’, says Kremlin-backed paramilitary force Africa Corps.

The Wagner Group has announced it is withdrawing from Mali following what it called "the completion of its main mission" in ...

A Malian court has adjourned until June 12 a hearing on whether to put the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex, suspended ...

The bodies of 11 people believed to be Malian migrants were found inside a boat in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines island ...

Civic spaces are shrinking under Goita’s rule, democracy activists say, as the military suspends ‘political activity’.

"When I sing, people expect my songs to have profound meanings," Amy Koita says. "In the olden days it was like the king having his advisers or counsellors around him. That was the role of the griot." ...

Mali’s military leadership suspended political parties' activities “until further notice”, state television announced on Wednesday, following rare protests last weekend that drew hundreds of ...

Despite being one of Africa’s top gold producers, Mali ranks among the world's least ... where subsistence farming — many people's only real option for survival — is threatened by armed ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It is the second major accident this year in the French-speaking West African country ... It says more than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector ...

The Gaoussou Dabo School in the Malian capital, Bamako, is among 1,000 schools that benefited from mother-tongue education thanks to funding from USAID. Teachers trained for the program last year ...

The law directly contravenes Mali’s obligations under international human rights law, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and African Union Resolution 275, which condemn ...