Tag: Mali

General Stephen Townsend, Commander, US Africa Command, initiated his first multi-country regional visit to West Africa beginning with the Republic of Mali on 16...

A Mali-based al Qaeda affiliate said a landmine it planted that killed 14 civilians when it exploded under a passenger bus targeted French troops....

A makeshift bomb exploded under a passenger bus travelling in violence-plagued central Mali region Mopti, killing at least 14 and wounding 24, the security...

Suspected jihadists killed five Malian soldiers in an ambush in the West African country’s volatile centre the army said, the latest attack targeting local...

French soldiers seeking out jihadists in central Mali’s savannah were prepared for sandstorms, thunderstorms, the lack of anything resembling a road and the need...

The European Union Training Mission (EUTM) Mali has been training Malian forces on the Casspir armoured personnel carriers that were recently donated by Germany. Germany’s...

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali – MINUSMA – will be boosted by 250 troops from the United Kingdom next year. A statement, released via...

Mali has received 29 Casspir armoured personnel carriers and other equipment donated by Germany as part of efforts to beef up security in the...

The United States added two leaders of al Qaeda’s affiliate in Mali to its global terrorism list, accusing them of destabilising attacks across the...

The United Kingdom will keep its three Chinook transport helicopters in Mali for another six months, where they will continue to support the French-led...