Conflict-hit Mali`s economy returns to strong growth: IMF

Last Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 00:40

Mali`s economy posted growth of 7.2 percent in 2014, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, in an encouraging sign of recovery from the chaos of a coup and Islamist takeover.

France cancels $69 million debt owed by Mali

Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015, 21:54

France has cancelled $68.7 million (64.8 million euros) in debt owed by Mali, a west African former colony where French forces have helped fight off Islamist militants.

French Army kills 11 militants in Mali anti-terror operation

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 12:12

A French counter-terrorism offensive in rebel-infested northern Mali ended with 11 Islamist militants killed and a French soldier wounded, military sources inside the operation said.

French Army kills 11 militants in Mali anti-terror operation

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 13:51

A French counter-terrorism offensive in rebel-infested northern Mali ended with 11 Islamist militants killed and a French soldier wounded, military sources inside the operation said.

11 militants killed in Mali anti-terror operation

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 18:46

French counter-terrorism offensive in rebel-infested northern Mali ended on Friday with 11 Islamist militants killed and a French soldier wounded, military sources inside the operation have said.

Five injured as UN vehicle in Mali hits landmine

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 08:35

Five members of the UN mission in Mali were injured when their vehicle ran over a landmine planted in the northeastern rebel bastion of Kidal, the stabilisation mission said.

Three UN peacekeepers wounded in north Mali attack

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 02:11

A spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali says three peacekeepers have been wounded while pursuing suspects in an attack near a military camp in the country`s north.

Three UN peacekeepers wounded in north Mali attack

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 01:26

A spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali says three peacekeepers have been wounded while pursuing suspects in an attack near a military camp in the country`s north.

A year after Mali action, France remains `Africa`s gendarme`

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 11:37

A year after dispatching warplanes and troops to repel an Islamist incursion in Mali, France is fighting in another of its former colonies, demonstrating it is destined to play reluctant "gendarme" in Africa, say analysts.

Mali, Senegal evacuate hundreds from restive Central African Republic

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 08:26

Mali and Senegal have repatriated hundreds of their nationals fleeing sectarian violence in the Central African Republic, officials in Bamako and Dakar told a news agency.

Terror group threatens France over Mali: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 03:17

A terror group active in West Africa has threatened to target the interests of "France and her allies" in retaliation for France`s military intervention in Mali last year, according to a Mauritanian website frequently used by local jihadists to communicate with the outside world.

UN destroys 5.7 tonnes of explosives found in Mali

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 18:49

United Nations peacekeepers in Mali discovered an enormous cache of explosives while on patrol near Kidal, the troubled northern city that was the birthplace of last year`s Tuareg rebellion.