The Latest Breaking News from Mali

Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis

UN report highlights dire food crises in vulnerable regions due to conflicts, climate shocks, and reduced funding, urging immediate humanitarian action.

‘Hunger hotspots’ include South Sudan, Mali and Haiti where millions are being pushed to the brink, new report says.

The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 has promoted himself to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land army, the highest military distinction held only by two former heads of state in the country’s history

An estimated 10 million children across Nigeria, Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo are unable to attend school after devastating regional flooding, the charity Save the Children has said.

In the courtyard of a psychiatric ward in Mali’s capital, patients take part in a traditional form of theater that is used as a way to work through problems

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said he hoped Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would rejoin the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc, in an interview with FRANCE 24. The decision of the military juntas in the three countries to withdraw from ECOWAS was a setback, and the security…

Extremist attacks in the Sahel have been increasing

Following a deadly attack in Mali's capital by al-Qaida linked militants, authorities there have temporarily closed livestock markets that typically are run by an ethnic group that authorities associate with the militants

This is the first major attack on Bamako since 2015 when fighters targeted foreigners in a nightclub and hotel.

A jihadist attack in the Malian capital of Bamako targeting a military police training camp and airport left more than 70 people dead and 200 wounded, security sources said Thursday, one of the highest tolls suffered in recent years.