Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes ...

A Spanish national, Gilbert Navarro, who had been kidnapped in southern Algeria last week, has been released by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali.

Eleven political parties in Mali on Wednesday urged the ruling junta to confirm a timetable for elections and a return to ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...

The junta-led governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have established a joint military force aimed at addressing the escalating extremist violence in the Sahel region, according to a statement ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria ...

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

Mali’s new penal code came into effect on 13 December 2024. It equates same-sex sexual relations with indecent assault and ...

Mali already is a 20% shareholder in Loulo-Gounkoto, and Barrick is 80% owner. The government, run by a military junta, has insisted the mine should operate under the country’s 2023 mining code.

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Parts of Guinea’s capital have been on lockdown as civil society and opposition groups in the West African nation protested the ruling junta’s missed deadline to ...