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The Malian military government has returned home the first batch of the manuscripts of Timbuktu, dating back to the 13th ...
At least 45 Malian soldiers, including two generals, were arrested over the weekend for attempts to ”destabilise the ...
A recent report by Jeune Afrique argues that Algeria’s waning influence in the Sahel is benefiting Morocco. It explains that, ...
Mali has arrested more than 30 soldiers and military officials accused of attempting to destabilise the government, two sources said, a sign of internal tensions as the West African nation's leaders ...
Crowds near the site of Tuesday’s attack, when Islamist rebels killed at least 50 members of Mali’s armed forces in an assault on the capital, Bamako. Hadama Diakite/EPA, via Shutterstock ...
Bamako’s Modibo Keita international airport was temporarily shut down due to the unrest, an airport official told the AFP news agency. A nearby high school announced it would remain closed ...
A Malian court has detained and charged former Prime Minister Moussa Mara over a social media post criticising shrinking democratic space under military rule in the West African nation, his lawyer ...
Extremists armed with guns and grenades stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako, Mali, early Friday morning, shooting dozens. Witnesses said they went room by room, letting guests go if they could recite ...
Bamako, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-French protesters took to the streets of Mali's capital on Friday waving Russian flags and burning cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel ...
A hostage is saved by agents of the security force at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on Nov. 20, 2015. One American was killed in the attack, a State Department official said.
“Dancing the Twist in Bamako” is entirely, and not altogether persuasively, on the side of joy. Even the grim path of history — emphasized in an epilogue set 50 years later, during the rule ...