Qaeda-affiliated militants imposed blockades on fuel imports, leading to fuel shortages, schools closures and unrest.

A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali’s capital. For over a month, they ...

A famous African designer known as Alphadi has organized a peace caravan and fashion show to promote peace in the ...

The blockade of southern Mali is designed to weaken the military government, incite the public and possibly consolidate control.

A JNIM blockade of key transit hubs has choked Bamako of fuel, raising pressure on Mali’s already weakened military junta.

GAO, Mali Soldiers combing abandoned jihadist hideouts and sand-dusted streets for weapons have found industrial-strength explosives, raising the specter Wednesday of bomb attacks by the jihadists who ...

GAO, Mali — Soldiers from Niger and Mali on Tuesday patrolled downtown Gao, combing the sand footpaths through empty market stalls to prevent radical Islamic fighters from returning to the embattled ...

Italy has warned its citizens to avoid travel to Mali due to heightened security concerns, as al Qaeda-linked insurgents ...

GAO, Mali – A suicide bomber wearing military fatigues blew himself up near a checkpoint at the entrance to northern Mali's largest city, wounding one soldier in the second attack to hit the same ...

As west Africa urbanises, many cities have become interconnected through trade, travel and technology, and crime has increased in complexity and scope. The proliferation of arms in west African cities ...

GAO, MaliGAO, Mali — Malian soldiers patrolling a city recently abandoned by Islamic insurgents uncovered a stash of industrial-strength explosives Wednesday. They found grenades at another site and a ...

The Islamists who rule northern Mali clashed with government forces for the first time in nearly a year, seizing a strategic city Thursday as the al Qaeda-linked militants pushed toward the government ...