Dicko was a Peul commander linked to Ansar al-Din who was arrested by French forces in Mali in 2015 and then later released ... The insurgency has quickly expanded since then. Today, Ansarul Islam is ...

Mansa Musa’s journey made him famous throughout the Muslim world, which stretched from southern Spain to the Middle East. It attracted scholars and visitors to Mali. People came from Ethiopia ...

Mali has been in deep turmoil since 2012 due to jihadists linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, as well as local criminal gangs. The country’s military rulers have severed ties with former ...

They blamed him for coordinating atrocities against people ... the army. Mali has faced profound unrest since 2012 linked both to militants associated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group ...