The Latest Breaking News from Mali

Members of the Mali and four Other Backward Class (OBC) communities called off their agitation for 12% separate reservation in education and government jobs, and lifted the blockade on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway

Western countries on Tuesday raised concerns over Russian private military contractor Wagner Group's activities in Mali, including allegations of its role in the killings of civilians, at a U.N. human rights meeting in Geneva.

Attack took place in Sevare near a military camp that hosts Malian forces, UN peacekeepers, and Russian Wagner fighters.

At least nine civilians were killed and over 60 injured in a triple suicide bomb attack in the central Mali town of Sevare early on Saturday, Yacouba Maiga, a spokesman for the regional governor, told Reuters.

They’ve drawn most attention in eastern Ukraine, but it seems wherever war breaks out – from Syria to Sudan – this group of mercenaries can be found profiting from bloodshed, writes World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta

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Rebels linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL have been active in parts of Mali and the Sahel for more than a decade now.

The chief of staff of Mali's interim president, Oumar Traore, and three others have been killed in an ambush, the government said on Thursday.