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Indian nationals abducted while Mali’s army and armed groups clash, raising concerns crisis could resonate beyond Sahel.
Mali’s junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without ...
The head of Mali's junta General Assimi Goita has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election, in a bill signed into law on Thursday.
Three Indian nationals were kidnapped in Mali’s Kayes region after a terrorist assault linked to Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM.
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The Sahel's juntas face a series of crises
As jihadist violence spreads in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Western influence wanes, and democracy fades into memory ...
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are fighting an insurgency linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) that began in northern ...
As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.
Mali has been hit by a wave of attacks over a 24-hour period, sparking fears of spiraling insecurity in the aftermath of two coups in the volatile Sahel country.
Mali is pulling out of a multi-national military force in West Africa's Sahel region combatting an Islamist insurgency, the country's military junta said in a statement on Sunday.
DAKAR, Senegal — Extremist attacks in Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara in Africa, have proliferated in recent months: Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of ...
This photograph taken on December 7, 2021 shows a machine gun over the Menaka camp in Mali for the new Task Force Takuba, a multinational military mission in the troubled Sahel region.
Mali's government has recognized the need for electricity. This year, it approved raising money from telephone, mobile money and alcohol sales and usage fees to boost electricity production.