BAMAKO (AFP) One of the Islamist groups that seized northern Mali earlier this year was claiming victory Sunday over Tuareg fighters who tried to dislodge them,…
Reuters By David Lewis and John Irish DAKAR/PARIS (Reuters) – Any foreign-backed offensive to retake control of northern Mali from al Qaeda-linked Islamists will take at…
by Serge DANIEL – BAMAKO (AFP) Al-Qaeda’s North African branch has sent hundreds of fighters to reinforce its Islamist allies in the tense Gao region of…
OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) New fighting Friday and a crackdown on women for not wearing veils by Islamist militants in the Malian city of Timbuktu marred peace moves…
Amid unprecedented security challenges in the Sahel and the Maghreb, the Western Sahara conflict “cannot be allowed to stand still”, the UN envoy says. By Naoufel…
OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) Chief regional mediator Blaise Compaore will meet Mali’s Ansar Dine Islamists and Tuareg rebels together for the first time on Friday, amid calls for…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) The African Union has endorsed a plan for military intervention in Mali, where Islamists have seized control of its desert north, the…
(AFP) MADRID — A United Nations envoy warned Monday that new hostilities could break out in Western Sahara unless there are “serious negotiations” on its future.…