Thirteen French helicopter troops killed in Mali combat operation
Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali were killed in an accident between two helicopters, the French presidency said on Tuesday, the single biggest loss...
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Mali says 54 killed in militant attack on army post
At least 53 soldiers and one civilian were killed in a militant attack on a military post in northern Mali on Friday, the government said....
Mali president Keita wins re-election with 67 pct of vote
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won re-election with 67 per cent of the vote in a run-off against opposition rival Soumaila Cisse, the Ministry of...
Gunmen attack resort outside Mali’s capital, two dead (Update 2)
Gunmen on Sunday attacked a luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside Mali’s capital, Bamako, killing two people in what the security minister called...
Islamist rebel gets 9 years imprisonment for Timbuktu destruction
War crimes judges on Tuesday sentenced a former Islamist rebel who admitted wrecking holy shrines during Mali’s 2012 conflict to nine years in prison, in...
Five U.N. soldiers killed in central Mali attack
Five United Nations peacekeepers were killed and one other seriously injured in an ambush in central Mali on Sunday, the United Nations said. A convoy...
Three dead, 30 wounded in Islamist attack on U.N. base in Mali (Update 1)
Three U.N. peacekeepers were killed on Friday and 30 others were wounded when a U.N. base in the northern Mali town of Kidal was attacked,...
Swiss woman kidnapped from Mali’s Timbuktu, army spokesman says
A Swiss woman was kidnapped overnight from a house in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu, a spokesman for the Malian army, Souleymane Maiga told...
Man said to be Cypriot told BBC he was in hotel gym when Mali attack began
A Cypriot man working in Bamako, was able to escape the hostage situation on Friday morning when a jihadist group attacked Radisson Blu hotel in...
Crisis role boost for France’s Hollande may not last long
French President saw his approval ratings jump after his firm handling of the Charlie Hebdo killings in January and may find them rising again in...
