Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 21:01
Two French journalists snatched by gunmen in the northern Malian town of Kidal on Saturday have been killed, the French foreign ministry said in a statement.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 13:38
Hollande was to greet the quartet on their arrival at an airport outside Paris after what he called "three years of suffering for the families who lived through a nightmare".
Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 09:29
Leaders of the 15-nation west African bloc ECOWAS met in Senegal to call for "urgent steps" from the international community to secure peace in Mali and discuss the creation of a single currency.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 11:09
The death toll from last week`s river boat sinking in Mali, one of the worst ever in the country, has jumped from 39 to 72, an official said, after more bodies were discovered inside the wreck.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 17:25
Armed Islamic extremists today blew up a small bridge south of Mali`s largest northern town of Gao, wounding two civilians, police and local government sources said.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 08:22
Mali`s president has decried a recent flare-up of violence in the West African nation, accusing separatist rebels in the north of "blackmail".
Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 16:39
The Malian army came under attack today from gunmen in the northern rebel stronghold of Kidal, the regional governor said, three days after peace talks with rebels broke down.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 23:05
Leaders from across Africa and France watched the inauguration of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in front of thousands of his supporters on Thursday as the nation entered a new era of democracy after months of political chaos.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 23:00
French President Francois Hollande declared on Thursday that the war on terror had been won in the West African nation of Mali, listing the towns that French and Malian troops liberated from al Qaeda`s local fighters earlier this year.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:17
A group of 160 Chadian troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali have deserted their posts in a dispute over pay and conditions, a military source and the soldiers themselves told a news agency.
Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 12:58
Mali`s first post-war prime minister has appointed a cabinet featuring a number of old hands and a new ministry charged with reconciliation in the conflict-scarred west African nation, according to a government decree published on Monday.
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