For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a ...

Mali has faced years of political and security ... often embarking on perilous journeys across the sea. The Atlantic route, stretching from the coasts of Mauritania and Morocco to Spain, is ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's army said it's investigating soldiers who were accused by separatist Tuareg rebels of killing at least 24 civilians earlier this week, in a rare probe of human rights abuses ...