Russia is set to commence geological exploration for lithium, oil, and gas deposits in Mali next month, according to an ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, three Francophone West African countries under military rule, have made a dramatic geopolitical shift by establishing the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a new ...

Traoré also claimed strategic gains and praised the AES as Mali and, to a lesser extent, Burkina Faso, are working with ...

Four employees of Canadian mining company Barrick Gold arrested in Mali last week have been released, a judicial source said on Monday.

An attack in Mali's capital on Sept. 17 left more than 70 people dead, marking a landmark moment in Mali's longstanding ...

Four employees of the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold, which co-owns one of the world's largest gold mining complexes with the Malian state, were arrested in the African country earlier this week ...

Mali declared its independence from France but like many of its West African neighbors, continues to face security challenges ...

On Sept. 23, officials from three African nations and Russia's space agency announced a partnership to deploy satellites ...

This update covers significant global events, including Burkina Faso's alleged coup plot, attacks by insurgents in Mali, ...

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, at the 92nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, said ...

Although the attack was attributed to Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), the al-Qaeda affiliated coalition of armed ...

This week's attack stands out because it took place not in northern Mali, where violence had long since spread, but in the ...