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ABUJA - Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa's main political and...

NAIROBI/GENEVA - A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further...

TINZAOUATEN, Mali - Residents of Mali's northern town of Tinzaouaten, caught in the crossfire of a fierce July battle between Tuareg...

DAKAR - Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of...

BAMAKO - Mali's security situation remained unclear on Wednesday after insurgents attacked an elite police training academy and other...

BAMAKO - Mali said on Tuesday that its capital Bamako was under control after insurgents attacked a gendarmerie training school and other...

LONDON/DAKAR - Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in...

PARIS - Israel's opening Olympic soccer match against Mali on Wednesday passed the first major security test ahead of the Games' official...

ABUJA - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday the region risked disintegration and worsening insecurity...

NIAMEY - Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three military-led West African states, signed a confederation treaty on Saturday, underscoring...

THE HAGUE - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted a Malian Islamist on Wednesday of war crimes and crimes against...

GABORONE - The top U.S. general is making a rare trip to Africa to discuss ways to preserve some of the U.S. presence in West Africa...