For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

Three Indian nationals were kidnapped in Mali’s Kayes region after a terrorist assault linked to Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM.

A UK-funded report reveals that Mali’s social protection system is ill-equipped to handle compounding crises of climate shocks, conflict, and food insecurity. It calls for stronger disaster risk ...

Mali and Russia have signed a series of agreements aimed at expanding mutual trade and strengthening economic ties. Among ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which is renewable without elections. The junta leader, who has seized power ...

The World Bank has listed Nigeria among 39 economies where poverty and hunger are worsening due to conflict and instability.

Malian army says its soldiers clashed with members of an armed separatist group in the country's north, resulting in the death of 10 separatists. The Azawad separatist group said it killed dozens ...

A judge in Mali on Monday ordered Barrick Gold to be placed under provisional administration for six months in an ongoing dispute between the Canadian mining company and the West African nation's ...

The three Indian nationals were workers at a cement factory in Kayes, Republic of Mali. Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat ...

Chinese firms admit their very survival could be threatened by geopolitical risks, unrest and security threats in unstable ...

In Mali, conflict and high grain prices put 2,600 people at risk of starvation by the end of August. Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, and Nigeria are also flagged as hotspots ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Shaikh about his new book "The Last Sweet Bite," which explores the effects of violence ...