Two attacks by suspected militants in restive northeastern Mali Thursday killed 64 people including dozens of civilians, the country's transitional government said.
The attacks targeted a passenger boat on the Niger River near Timbuktu and an army (...)
The outcome of Friday's UN Security Council vote on the future of the peacekeeping force in Mali was never in doubt -- they had little choice but to terminate what has been the most deadly of all such UN operations around the world.
Over its more (...)
The U.N. mission in Mali says three peacekeepers have been killed and five others wounded in an attack on a convoy.
The mission said Sunday's attack took place around 7 a.m. (0700 GMT; 3 a.m. EDT). A U.N. official says that the convoy hit a land (...)
The governor of Mali's northern Kidal province says a group of election workers, who were kidnapped over the weekend in the town where they'd gone to distribute election ID cards, have been released.
Gov. Adama Kamissoko told The Associated Press (...)
French troops began to withdraw from Timbuktu Thursday after securing the fabled city as they ramped up their mission in another northern Mali city, searching for extremists who may be mixing among the local population.
AP cited French military (...)
South Africa and Mali
opened a high-tech library in the Malian desert town of Timbuktu
on Saturday, boosting efforts to preserve thousands of ancient
manuscripts documenting Africa's academic past, according to Reuters.
The launch is part of a (...)
