BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Separatist rebels in northern Mali said they are holding 19 soldiers from the national army following recent fighting, further aggravating tensions in the region after nearly a ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - West Africa's top regional decision-making body urged member states on Monday to back Mali with military equipment and logistics in its fight against northern rebels, but also said ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst described on Monday as the largest battleground blow to the ...

BAMAKO, Mali(AP) — Days after American diplomats and nationals were told to leave Mali, a senior U.S. official praised the military junta and hinted at cooperation between the two governments after ...

GENEVA, May 29 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency, citing government figures, on Friday said renewed fighting between armed groups in the Gao, Mopti and Timbuktu areas of northern Mali in the past four ...

Armed groups in Mali’s predominantly Tuareg north say they have killed or wounded dozens of government soldiers and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in two days of fighting near the border ...

With Mali's hard-fought peace deal foundering and jihadist groups back on the offensive, the west African country could be headed for fresh chaos, experts say. Malian, French and UN forces deployed to ...