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French forces kill IS Sahel jihadist leader wanted by US–Macron

The head of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, who was wanted for deadly attacks on US soldiers and foreign aid workers, has been...

Two kidnapped Mauritanians freed in Mali

Two Mauritanians who were kidnapped in Mali along with three Chinese citizens were freed on Tuesday, a source close to the Mauritanian government said. The...

Man accused of trying to kill Mali president dies in custody: official 

A man accused of trying to kill Mali's military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year, has died...

At least four Mali soldiers die in attack 

At least four Malian soldiers died Sunday in an attack by suspected jihadist gunmen near the border with Mauritania, the army said. An administrative mission...

Car-bomb attack wounds 15 UN peacekeepers in north Mali

A car-bomb attack in northern Mali has wounded 15 UN peacekeepers, the United Nations said on Friday, in the latest attack in the war-torn...

Five Catholics kidnapped in central Mali

Armed men in central Mali have abducted five Catholics, including an abbot, Church officials said Tuesday, in the latest kidnapping in the war-torn Sahel...

US star Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp in Burkina Faso

Oscar-winning actor Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso sheltering thousands of Malians who have fled jihadist violence in the...

Two Mali soldiers killed in ambush by suspected jihadists

Two Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in the country's conflict-riven north, military sources said on Sunday. "Two of our men...

Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group claims ambush in Mali

An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed two French soldiers in Mali. They died on Saturday when their vehicle hit...

Bomb kills two French soldiers in Mali

Two French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others died...

Burundi ex-leader sentenced to life over murder of successor

Burundi's ex-president Pierre Buyoya has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia over the assassination of his successor in 1993, according to a...

Captive 75-year old French aid worker finally freed

French aid worker Sophie Petronin will be welcomed home by President Emmanuel Macron Friday afer suspected jihadist hostage-takers freed the 75-year-old  from nearly four...

Winds of change

"Will there be stability over chaos?"     The four-day Democratic Party convention in the US of A was devoid of the usual hoopla that characterized previous...

Mali coup leaders pledge new polls

Mali's president said he was resigning to avoid "bloodshed" early Wednesday, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a...
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