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.

A brutal ambush by suspected Islamic State in the Sahel Province (ISSP) jihadists has left at least 40 civilians dead and multiple vehicles destroyed along the Ansongo-Gao axis in northern Mali.The ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...