Despite intensive aerial bombardments by French warplanes, Islamist insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali Monday and moved closer to the capital, French and Malian authorities said.

PARIS — A 75-year-old French aid worker held hostage for four years by Islamic extremists in Mali was reunited Friday with her grandchildren in France, as relatives also welcomed home two ...

A raid in the center of Mali has left at least 30 soldiers dead. The army announced Monday night that it had 'neutralized' ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The French military has released videos appearing to show Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in northern Mali, which it says is part of a smear ...

Two helicopters full of French troops pursuing militants in a remote region of Mali collided on Monday evening, killing 13 soldiers. It's the "heaviest single loss for the French military in ...

A phrase meaning “our future” in the country’s main local language, it refers to a yearslong program aimed at teaching around ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The French military has released videos appearing to show Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in northern Mali, which it says is part of a smear ...

January 2013: French helicopter gunships and fighter jets struck at Islamist fighters in Mali at the request of Mali’s president, after the rebels began seizing territory well to the south of ...

The French anti-terrorism prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into whether the killing of a Tunisian national in southern France was a racially motivated crime "related to a terrorist ...

French-backed NGOs in Mali fear their future is in limbo after military-run authorities ordered the suspension of their activities earlier this week. The announcement marks a further twist in the ...

President Putin’s paramilitary wing is poised to expand its power in West Africa after France completed its military withdrawal from Mali on Monday, ending a nine-year presence in a country it first ...

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