Mali’s interim leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, has assured that he is well after he survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday. Goita was offering prayers at the Grand Mosque in the capital city, Bamako, on the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.

'Doing very well': Mali's interim leader survives assassination attempt

Three Chinese nationals and two Mauritanians were kidnapped in southwest Mali on Saturday, the country's armed forces said, in the latest attack in the war-torn Sahel state.

Three Chinese, two Mauritanians kidnapped in Mali

Interpol issued an international arrest warrant Monday for Karim Keita, a son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, over the 2016 disappearance of an investigative journalist, legal sources said.

Interpol seeks arrest of son of Mali ex-president

France announced Friday that it will resume joint military operations in Mali, after suspending them early last month following the West African country's second coup in less than a year.

France resumes joint military operations with Mali

Six Malian soldiers were killed on Friday in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state, in a violent day which also saw 15 United Nations peacekeepers wounded in a car-bomb attack further north.

6 troops killed, 15 UN peacekeepers wounded in separate Mali attacks

French forces killed an Al Qaeda leader in Sahel region of Africa, France's armed forces minister said on Friday. He vowed to keep substantial military presence in the region.

France kills Al Qaeda leader in Sahel region of Africa

Two years after local emir Djibril Diallo fled his home in northern Burkina Faso following death threats from Islamist militants, he received an unexpected request: to return and take part in peace talks with the same people who wanted him dead.

With military victory elusive, West African nations quietly back talks with Islamists

At least 11 Tuareg civilians have been killed near Menaka in Mali's troubled northeast, a pro-government coalition of armed groups announced Saturday. The attack at Agharangabo, was carried out on Thursday by unidentified assailants, said the group, called Plateforme des Mouvements du 14 juin 2014 d'Alger.

At least 11 civilians killed in NE Mali: armed group

Former vice president Assimi Goita, a colonel who led the August coup and last week's revolt, was declared president on Friday.

African Union suspends Mali after military coup and threatens sanctions

Amid a growing political crisis, the West African regional bloc Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's military coup.

West African bloc ECOWAS suspends Mali's membership over military coup

West African leaders were due to meet on Sunday in Ghana to discuss situation in Mali, the country which witnesses second coup in nine monthsh. Mali's new president Colonel Assimi Goita arrived in Accra on Saturday ahead of the extraordinary summit of regional bloc ECOWAS.

West African countries in huddle over situation in Mali

A suspected Jihadist attack in Mali has claimed lives of four civilians and a police officer. The attack took place in the country's southern region. Southern Mali has been mostly spared from Islamist unrest in the country.

Mali: Five killed in suspected Jihadist attack

Mali's constitutional court on Friday declared Assimi Goita, the colonel, who led a military coup this week while serving as vice president, to be the new interim president.

Mali's top court declares coup leader Goita as interim president

Mali's interim leaders have been arrested in a second military coup in the space of 9 months. Why is the West African country stuck in this cycle of instability? Will the junta keep its promise of elections next year? Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Another military coup in Mali

Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources said.

Military detains Mali's president, prime minister and defence minister 

Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government deepening political chaos in the country just nine months after a military coup overthrew its previous leader.

Mali: Military detain president, prime minister and defence minister

Mali plunged back into crisis on Monday when military officers detained the interim president, prime minister and defence minister, derailing a transition back to civilian rule after last year`s coup.

Explainer | What's happening in Mali right now?

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed on Sunday that a French journalist who disappeared last month in Mali's northern city of Gao had probably been taken hostage by Islamist militants in West Africa's arid Sahel region.

France's Le Drian confirms kidnapping of French journalist in Mali

A woman from Mali has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven, Mali's minister of health announced on Wednesday. Halima Cisse gave birth to five girls and four boys by caesarean section in Morocco on Tuesday after being sent there for special care, the minister said. The 25-year-old and her newborns were doing well, she added.

A Malian woman gives birth to nine babies at once

A French journalist, who disappeared last month in Mali's northern city of Gao appeared in a video on Wednesday appealing to authorities to work for his release. He also said that he had been kidnapped in early April by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda.

French journalist abducted in Mali appears in video asking for help

A 25-year-old woman in Mali has given birth to nine babies in Morocco on Tuesday. According to the Malian government, all nine babies and the mother are "doing well".

Not two or three, woman in Mali gives birth to nine babies

French journalist Olivier Dubois has been kidnapped in Mali on April 8, Reporters Without Borders said on Wednesday. In a video circulating on social media, Olivier Dubois said that he had been kidnapped in Mali in early April by a jihadist group with links to al Qaeda.

French journalist kidnapped by jihadists in Mali

Three United Nations peacekeepers were on Sunday seriously injured in a rocket attack on a military base in the north of the conflict-ridden Sahel state, UN and local officials said.

3 UN peacekeepers 'gravely wounded' in a rocket attack in Mali

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