The French defence minister says French-led forces have wrested control of the airport at the Islamist stronghold of Gao northeast of the Mali capital Bamako. In a statement, Jean-Yves Le Drian ...

Gao, Mali French and Malian government forces have regained control of this strategic northern city, after Islamic fighters invaded and fought a prolonged battle Sunday.

GAO, MALI — By the slow-moving Niger River at Gao, the north Malian town retaken by French troops from Islamist rebels last month, men repair fishing nets beside beached pirogues, women wash ...

GAO, Mali — Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on the most populous city in northern Mali, two weeks ...

A Russian-built SU-24M bomber crashed into Niger River near Gao, Mali, a day after a major Africa Corps–FLA clash. The cause ...

Mali has been hit by a wave of attacks over a 24-hour period, ... in the northern Gao region, killing a total of 64 people – 49 civilians and 15 soldiers ...

Two army personnel were killed and 10 people injured after a Russian-made airplane belonging to the Malian army crashed while landing at the airport in the northern Mali city of Gao on Tuesday ...

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A sign on the northern road exiting in Gao, Northern Mali, reads "welcome to the Islamic state of Gao" on Jan. 30, 2013. Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in ...

His work has taken him to Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Ethiopia, and more than a dozen other conflict zones in a race to digitize endangered manuscripts. For the past several years he has focused his efforts ...

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in northeastern Mali on February 7, 2025, killing at least 34 civilians and injuring ...

Approach into Gao International airport in Mali on runway 06L. The pilot of an Il-76 transport believed to be operated by Mali air force overshot a landing on 06L, resulting in a catastrophic impact ...