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The scale of Saturday's massacre in Mali is horrifying, but the escalation of violence in the country shouldn't come as a surprise.

The slaughter on Saturday of more than 130 Fulani herdsmen in central Mali, allegedly by members of the Dogon ethnic group, is the latest and most deadly ...

Armed men reportedly dressed as traditional hunters have killed 134 people, including women and children, during an attack on a village in central Mali.

France's armed forces chief said jihadists in Mali are on the back foot but restoring peace in the poor Sahel country will take time.

We are saddened by the attack perpetrated against a village near Bankass town in the Mopti region of Mali, claiming many lives and leaving several.

Armed men reportedly dressed as traditional hunters have killed 134 people, including women and children, during an attack on a village in central Mali.

Victims of deadliest such assault in the region in recent times reportedly include children.

DAKAR/BAMAKO/NEW YORK, 24 March 2019 – “An attack on a village in Bankass in Mopti, central Mali, has reportedly killed more than 130 people. UNICEF is ...

English Infographic on Mali and 19 other countries about Protection and Human Rights, Aged Persons, Children and more; published on 25 Mar 2019 by IOM.

The governments of Mali and Chad have both replaced senior leaders in their armed forces after deadly attacks in both countries left more than 150 dead.

Raiders dressed as traditional hunters slaughtered more than 130 people — including women and children — in a Malian village Saturday amid ethnic strife in ...

Gunmen killed at least 134 people in central Mali on Saturday amid an upsurge in ethnic and jihadist violence.

By Fadima Kontao | Reuters. BAMAKO, Mali — Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals and disbanded an anti-jihadi vigilante ...

A Mali-based al Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for an attack on an army base that killed 23 Malian soldiers last week, its media arm said in a ...

In the West African nation of Mali, the United Nations said armed men killed at least 134 people from a Fulani community Saturday. Tensions and violence ...

More than 130 Peuls, mostly civilians, were killed by a suspected government-supported militia in the village of Ogossagou, central Mali, on 23 March.

Al Qaeda's Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), its wing in West Africa and the Sahel, claimed Sunday's large-scale assault on a military base in ...

The United Nations says the toll from a massacre in central Mali is now at least 134 dead with dozens wounded.

OTTAWA—The United Nations has formally asked Canada to extend its mission in Mali in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to prevent a gap in the provision ...

The death toll from an attack on Saturday by gunmen on Fulani herders in Mali has risen to 110, and more bodies are still being discovered, local mayor ...

The Canadian peacekeeping contingent in Mali, comprising eight military helicopters and 250 *service* members, is scheduled to end its 12-month mission at the ...

At least 16 soldiers have been killed in a raid on an army camp in central Mali's Mopti region, two local councillors in the area where the attack happened said.

French authorities are working on authenticating the video, which shows Amadou Koufa mocking armies.

Mali's army says heavily armed men have attacked a camp in central Mali, killing at least 23 soldiers.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 110 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, the deadliest such attack in recent times in a ...

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) – Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said yesterday that he approved a budget of USD15 million to purchase ...

After the Angelus prayer on Sunday Pope Francis urged for a peaceful solution to the Nicaragua socio-political crisis, and he said he is praying for ...

Albion's Mali international midfielder Yves Bissouma is mourning the death of more than 130 victims of an atrocity in his country.

After conflict drove residents from Gao, EU funding for wells and community associations is helping them to return and start over.

As the sun rises over Mali's vast desert, a group of 20 peacekeepers prepare their equipment and line up to receive instructions before heading out for their first ...

Al Jazeera meets a young Nigerian woman who was trafficked and forced into prostitution at age 17 in Mali.

Six Malian troops were killed when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the center of the West African country.

Officials say collusion between law enforcement agents and traffickers is hampering the rescue efforts.

Sweeping health reforms, which also include free provision for pregnant women, heralded as national 'turning point'

Paris — French warplanes struck a group of jihadists in central Mali at the weekend, killing or wounding 15 of them, the defence ministry in Paris said on Monday ...

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the UN Security Council condemned on Saturday in the strongest terms the attack against vehicles ...

Refugees who escaped fighting in Mali by heading to neighbouring Burkina Faso say they could be attacked or arrested if they leave their camp in the town of ...

One of the world's top balafon players will be returning to Cape Breton in April. And just in case you don't know what a balafon is, it is a 22-key xylophone from ...

Seventeen people were killed in a blast caused by a booby-trapped corpse in Diankabou in central Mali, security sources and a local official said.

English News and Press Release on Niger about Food and Nutrition, Health, IDPs, Refugees and more; published on 01 Mar 2019 by MSF.

The Defence Forces' participation in the EU Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali is to be extended by 12 months, RTÉ News has learned. Cabinet approved the ...

Mali is Maas's last stop on a five-day trip to West Africa. As part of this trip, the the foreign minister visited German Bundeswehr troops stationed in the ...

The end of the controversial Bamako Initiative, which paved the way for charging the poor to access health care, could finally be in sight as its birthplace Mali ...

No Irish military personnel were injured in an attack on an EU training base in Mali in the early hours of yesterday morning.

English News and Press Release on Mali about Education, Health, Children and Persons with Disabilities; published on 02 Mar 2019 by HI.

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No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's explosion in Gondogourou in the Mopti region. The blast killed men from the Dogon community who were ...

Independent MEP Luke Ming Flanagan and the Minister with Responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe have become embroiled in a row over an attack on an EU ...

English News and Press Release on Mali about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; published on 23 Feb 2019 by UN SG.

Needs are rising, but threats and poor communication between the many actors are hindering the ability of aid groups to provide assistance.

Recent reports have revealed an alarming number of victims of trafficking among migrants present in Mali, mainly from West and Central Africa, particularly ...

Rudimentary interventions can dramatically cut child mortality.

Mali international Yacouba Sylla joins Norwegian club Strømsgodset on a two-year deal in a quest to play at this year's Africa Cup of Nations.

German government planes have had a series of embarrassing problems in the past several months. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is the latest to be stranded ...

The towns of Segou, a regional capital, and Sevare saw the victims' relatives gather to urge more government backing, participants told AFP. Th rally came after ...

Overview. France will hold the presidency in March. France and Germany, the Council president in April, will hold a “joint presidency” covering both months.

Learn more about the situation in Mopti, Mali, where conflict with armed groups and between communities has increased, leaving people without access to ...

In a sequel to rival the Hangover films, Sands Of Mali's superstitious part-owner Peter Swann is returning to Las Vegas, where he will watch the Champions Day.

Akaline Kidal, the latest album by guitarist Ahmed Ag Kaedy, evokes a windswept desert night in North Africa. It was recorded, however, in single, haunting takes ...

Officials in Mali have put the death toll from Sunday's militant attack on an army camp in the village of Dioura at 23.

Poet Taylor Mali joins Intersection to discuss the state of performance poetry, fatherhood and his recent projects. Mali's journey to becoming a poet began at ...

Photographer Annie Risemberg documents the French bread bakeries that are ubiquitous in Bamako, Mali.

Mali government says 37 Fulani civilians have been killed by armed men in central Mopti region.

Climate change is aggravating the conflict in Mali and making it harder to survive. writes Lyse Doucet.

The gunmen, said to be from an al-Qaeda-linked group, tried to storm a UN camp in the north.

The state of human rights and security across Mali is a “cause of grave concern,” the independent UN rights expert for the northwest African nation said in a ...

Sufis are always for peace. For a Sufi, peace is the priority,” says Cheick Sadio Dkité, the president of the Community of Sufi Muslims in Mali. Cheick Sadio Dkité ...

English UN Document on Mali about Mine Action, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Children, IDPs, Flood and more; published on 28 Dec 2018 by UN SC.

A Malian soldier was seriously wounded during a night-time exchange of fire with German troops serving as UN peacekeepers in the west African nation.

Seven people were arrested in central Mali Wednesday, the day after 37 civilians were killed when armed men attacked a village in the region in the latest clash ...

Tens of thousands of Malians gathered in Bamako for a rally called by the country's chief Muslim leaders, who accuse the government of failing to bring stability ...

Amnesty International is urging the Malian authorities not to vote in a new law which may allow the perpetrators of killings, torture and other atrocities to escape ...

Radical preacher Amadou Kou, who headed a militant group, is said to have died on Friday.

With over 800 schools forced to close due to insecurity, and 2.3 million vulnerable people in need of assistance this year, a top UN official told the Security ...

IOM works with national and local authorities to gain a better understanding of population movements throughout West and Central Africa. Flow Monitoring ...

Ethnic militias in Mali killed at least 75 civilians during a one-week period in early December 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Malian authorities began ...

Most of the victims were sold as sex slaves after false promises or kidnapping, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency said.

Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin reports from Mali where Ireland is set to deploy its next peacekeeping detachment.

EACH MORNING, Maoua Koné (pictured) wakes beneath the black-eyed gaze of masks and marionettes on the walls of her cramped one-room flat in Bamako.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Gunmen on motorbikes have killed more than 40 Tuareg civilians this week in north Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water are ...

A senior government official and a journalist abducted by suspected jihadists in Mali have been freed, a security source told AFP.

This summer, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was re-elected to Mali's presidency; his plan for peace in the country can stem the conflict, but as the Algerian case shows, ...

Ethnic violence in central Mali is the latest manifestation of the chronic insecurity that has prevailed for the better part of a decade. But even as bullets continue to ...

An anti-crime operation launched in Mali about two weeks ago has been a success. This is according to authorities who set up the operation to reduce the high ...

Two peacekeepers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killed on Friday following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack ...

Ethnic militias have killed over 200 civilians and burned dozens of villages in communal violence in central Mali during 2018, Human Rights Watch said in a ...

The head of Mali's most influential religious organization, the Islamic High Council, criticized the government for showing poor leadership and attacked former ...

Tiziana Campisi & English Africa *Service* - Vatican City. According to the Catholic Bishops of Mali, the pastoral letter will have a social character, it will be ...

Mali will face Senegal in the final of the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria taking on South Africa for third place.

A mix of jihadist violence, communal conflict and suspected army abuse have rendered central Mali the country's deadliest region as the influence of Islamist ...

Some 5000 fighters signed up to a disarmament program in Mali's conflict-plagued central region, including suspected ex-jihadists.

Several others were wounded in two attacks in central and northern Mali, according to the UN.

While the number of people fleeing intercommunal violence, armed groups' activities, and military operations is rising in central and northern Mali, humanitarian ...

BAMAKO, Mali — President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali claimed an overwhelming victory on Thursday in a runoff vote after a controversial first round of ...

The peace treaty signed by government leaders and separatist rebels in Mali in 2015 was meant to usher in a new era of peace and stability in the northwest ...

Foreign Office and DFID Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin visited Mali on 8-9 November 2018. Her visit comes as the UK is increasing its engagement with ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Gunmen on motorbikes have killed more than 30 Tuareg civilians this week in northern Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water are ...

Qualitative research conducted in August 2017 examined the relationship between economic growth and forms of political accountability in four locations in Mali ...

Aircraft deployed to France's Operation Barkhane have recently conducted air operations in Mali and Burkina Faso, the Armed Forces Ministry said on Thursday, ...

Introduction. This climate change profile is designed to help integrate climate actions into development activities. It complements the publication 'Climate-smart ...