Mali

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso cement a breakaway union at a rival meeting

At least a dozen peacekeepers are injured by explosive devices hit by U.N. convoys

Mali has been grappling with a jihadist insurgency since 2012

Nine soldiers missing, four civilians killed, vehicles and equipment destroyed

Mali beat Tunisia 1-0 after referee blew whistle before 90 minutes had been played

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Pakistan, Mali can work together in agri sector

After a convoy struck an explosive device and came under fire

Al Qaeda-linked group says it was behind the killing

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, members of his cabinet arrested by mutinying soldiers on Tuesday

France has deployed more than 5,000 troops to combat groups in the region

Such cowardly acts will not deter the UN from its resolve to continue supporting Malian people, government, says UN

It is struggling to contain a militant insurgency which has killed thousands, inflamed ethnic tensions

Mali has been besieged by a wave of deadly strikes against army outposts and other targets in recent weeks

Mali's army struggling in the face of a militant revolt that has spread from the arid north to its centre

Much of the region remains chronically unstable and since 2015 violence has spread to the centre of the country

No group immediately claimed responsibility

More than 16 badly injured after a minibus and a lorry crashed head-on

UN Secretary-General condemns the assault and says it amounts to a war crime

Reinforcements sent to Nara sector

Peacekeepers respond by killing an assailant and apprehending eight others

Survivors accuse traditional Dogon hunters as victims shot or hacked to death with machetes

In a dawn attack that the armed forces believe was led by a deserter

After militant gunmen killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers and injured at least 25 others in an attack on Sunday

More than 13,000 peacekeepers are deployed in Mali as part of UN peacekeeping mission

Traditional Dogon hunters attacked a village of Fulani herders

AQIM chief calls it a maneuver to divert the attention of French people from Paris protest

Mali's unrest stems from a 2012 Tuareg separatist uprising which was exploited by militants

Recent surge of attacks in Burkina Faso is result of pressure on militant insurgents in neighbouring Mali and Niger

Despite fierce criticism of Keita, Cisse fails to rally the support of other parties

Militants are also stoking inter-communal conflict, mostly between herders and pastoralists

Algeria repatriates more than 33,000 migrants since 2014

Heads of State ensure elections to take place despite terrorist activities

At least six blue helmets were wounded during an unprecedented attack in Timbuktu

Says the institute is providing quality training to Malian Imams, in order to curb extremism

Witnesses said five armed men got out of a car and opened fire on passersby before heading towards embassy

Malian source said French force had been conducting operations in northeastern Mali for several days

Al Qaeda-linked groups mount increasingly ferocious attacks on domestic and foreign forces

Several of the attackers killed in retaliatory fire

U17 World Cup semi-finals see some of world’s biggest talents fight for honours

Move comes amid growing fears that the West African country will slide back into turmoil

Reforms were agreed as part of a peace deal with mostly ethnic Tuareg rebels

Burkina Faso, like other countries in West Africa, has been targeted sporadically by militant groups

Suspected militants killed at least 17 people, wounded eight

Child marriage often cuts short a girl's education and increases the possibility of death in childbirth or injuries

Malian Association for the Defence of Human Rights [AMDH] described the stoning as 'cowardly murder'

A foreign security source in Mali's north said the two kidnappers claimed "militant" ties

Increased availability of arms from Libya has also contributed to intercommunal violence

France is considering a UN Security Council draft resolution that would set up a sanctions regime for Mali

The camp was home to government soldiers and members of various rival armed groups