Mali’s army says it’s investigating soldiers who were accused by separatist Tuareg rebels of killing at least 24 civilians ...

Mali, led by a military junta, has for more than a decade battled jihadist groups allied to Islamic State and al Qaeda while grappling with a much longer history of Tuareg-led rebellion in the north.

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa ... IS has not claimed responsibility for the attack. The Malian army has not officially commented on the reported attack.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Gunmen have attacked a convoy of vehicles escorted by Mali’s army, killing 25 civilians mostly gold miners, a military spokesman said Sunday. The attack took place Friday ...

The army, however, did not mention military casualties. DAILY POST reports that the insurgencies took root in Mali’s arid north following a Tuareg separatist rebellion in 2012. The Islamist ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday, the army said late on Saturday.