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Mali is facing a dramatic escalation in insecurity as jihadist groups have carried out a record number of kidnappings targeting foreigners this year. According to data from ACLED, at least 22 to 26 foreign nationals were...

A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the jihadists might try eventually to impose th...

Italy on Wednesday warned its citizens against travelling to Mali, citing growing security risks as the government faces mounting pressure from al Qaeda-linked insurgents enforcing a fuel blockade.

The US Embassy in Mali is urging all American citizens to leave the country immediately, warning of rising terror threats and a worsening fuel crisis caused by a jihadi blockade.

Mali closed schools and universities nationwide starting Sunday due to a fuel scarcity caused by a blockade on fuel imports jihadi militants imposed on the capital.

Long queues have been snaking around petrol stations in Mali's capital a month after militants from an al-Qaeda affiliate imposed a fuel blockade by attacking tankers on major highways.

Residents of Bamako face fuel shortages weeks into a blockade of fuel tankers by JNIM militants.

Mali’s army on Wednesday escorted fuel and civilian convoys after al-Qaida-linked militants attacked dozens of fuel trucks on a vital trade route, state media said.

Militants affiliated with al-Qaida have burned and destroyed some 100 trucks transporting fuel to Mali’s capital in recent days, a local trade union said Tuesday, as the nation’s military tries to stop a blockade of fuel...

Mali’s armed forces are stepping up their efforts to protect strategic trade routes linking the capital Bamako to neighbouring Senegal.

In Mali, the military has launched airstrikes in the gold-rich Kayes region after al-Qaeda-linked militants moved to block fuel imports into the capital, Bamako.

Mali's military rulers say they have arrested a French national on suspicion of spying for his country in an attempt to destabilise the African nation.

Former Malian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga was taken into custody on Tuesday on accusations of corruption, his lawyer said, as the West African country ‘s military junta has ramped up arrests of top politicians i...

Dozens of soldiers have been arrested in Mali accused of plotting to topple the country's military leaders, sources say.

Four Moroccan truck drivers, who were kidnapped in January in West Africa by the Islamic State group and held captive for months, were released late Sunday, Malian authorities said.

The junta, in power since coups in 2020 and 2021, dissolved all political parties in May following rare anti-government protests.

A court in Mali on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Barrick Mining (ABX.TO), opens new tab to release four employees arrested last November, judge Samba Sarr said, the latest development in a long-running standoff between t...

At dawn on June 1, gunfire shattered the stillness of Mali's military base in Boulkessi. Waves of jihadist insurgents from an al-Qaeda-linked group stormed the camp, catching newly deployed soldiers off guard.

The Kayes region, which borders Senegal and is vital to Mali’s economy, had remained largely untouched by the violence from armed groups that has rocked the country for several decades. But that changed when armed men wa...

Mali's armed forces reported coordinated attacks on multiple military positions early on Tuesday in seven towns in the central and western region of the West African country.