More than 50 people were killed near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said.

around 30 km from Gao in a region where groups linked to Islamic State and Al Qaeda have been active for over a decade, destabilising Mali and its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger. According to ...

with local sources telling Agence France-Presse that Wagner mercenaries and Mali's army were responsible. A relative of the driver of one of the vehicles told AFP from the northern city of Gao ...

According to the official military statement, the attack took place in the Gao region, located in northeastern Mali, an area that has been plagued by ongoing instability and militant activity. This ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's army said it's investigating soldiers ... the Wagner group of intercepting two civilian transport vehicles bound for Algeria from Gao on Monday, and “coldly executing” at ...

Tuareg rebels made the accusation against the military and Russian mercenaries Mali's military government ... to Algeria from the Malian city of Gao and killing the civilians on board, including ...

Feb 18 (Reuters) - A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused Malian soldiers, accompanied by Russian Wagner mercenaries, of killing 24 civilians travelling north to Algeria from ...

Mali's army said in a statement late on Monday ... in the two vehicles in the Tilemsi region," a representative from the Gao region told AFP. "In total, in the two vehicles, there are at least ...