Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which ...

How Mali's Conflict Affects Americans France has intervened in the conflict in the West African nation of Mali, but why does that conflict affect the United States?

U.N. peacekeepers stand in front of a camp used by Chinese peacekeepers in Gao, Mali, June 1. The camp was attacked by Al-Qaeda militants on May 31, killing one Chinese soldier.

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

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

Panelists talked about the conflict in Mali and stability in the greater Sahel region, the transition area of Africa between the Sahara Desert in the north and the savanna zone to its south. They ...

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 ...

Now a look at who's fighting in Mali and why that far away conflict might affect the United States. Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta offered the most basic take on America's interests in ...

Malian army lieutenant Abdoul Kadri leads a patrol through the bustling streets of the desert city of Timbuktu, gun by his side. The concerns of the capital Bamako, still reeling after last month ...

The conflict involving the Fulani in Nigeria is likewise regularly associated with Boko Haram. Massacre in Mali: How the 'war on terror' fuels tribal violence in the Sahel Read More » ...

It was all too much for the director of "Timbuktu," a touching humanist account of the jihadist takeover of Northern Mali in 2012. Abderrahmane Sissako broke down in tears at a Cannes press ...

Panelists talked about the conflict in Mali and stability in the greater Sahel region, the transition area of Africa between the Sahara Desert in the north and the savanna zone to its south. They ...