If Bamako really does fall into the hands of Islamists it would mark a stunning reversal — and not only for Mali’s military junta, whose seizure of power in 2020 on a wave of anti-French sentiment ...

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

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

A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali’s capital. For over a month, they have attacked convoys supplying Bamako with fuel, putting considerable ...

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

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 ...

In an open field at the edge of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, young models walk the runway clad in colorful traditional ...

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 ...

Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage ...

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 ...

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 ...