AFP BAMAKO (AFP) – Six Malian self-defence groups said Saturday they had joined forces to oust Islamist militants who have seized control of the country’s northern half…
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by Jaber Ali France has renewed its backing to Morocco’s plan to grant autonomy status to Western Sahara in a bid to resolve the decades-old territorial dispute…
AFP BAMAKO (AFP) – A ransom of 15 million euros ($18.4 million) was paid for three European hostages to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West…
AFP More photos » by Serge Daniel – GAO, Mali (AFP) A group of armed youths has just arrived in Gao from Burkina Faso, joining hundreds…
Lynsey Addario for The New York Times Rana Wallet Chekna is among the tens of thousands of Malians who have trickled across the border to a…
AFP BAMAKO (AFP) Mali was “preparing all options” to retake the Islamist-occupied north of the country and national consultations were being prepared to form a government…
Rome – La régionalisation prônée par le Maroc pourrait finalement offrir le cadre à un règlement de l'”épineuse” question du Sahara, a affirmé un membre italien…
ABC NEWS By SLOBODAN LEKIC Associated Press The European Union is establishing a new mission to help train security forces in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan…