BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamists in northern Mali say they have pushed the secular Tuareg rebels out of a northwestern town and into the desert and now control the main Mali towns bordering Mauritania ...

BAMAKO, Mali -- Fourteen European tourists made their way out of the Sahara Desert by road on Tuesday, ending a six-month kidnapping ordeal at the hands of Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida.

One month ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP26, new testimony from Mali has laid bare how climate risks threaten communities in conflict zones. The International Committee of the Red ...

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