As Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger prepare to withdraw from the West African bloc Ecowas, reports show an increase in ...

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Wagner fighters have been operating in Mali since the military seized power in coups in 2020 and 2021, expelling French and ...

The UN estimates that 33,000 people have fled. Timbuktu was occupied by Tuareg rebels following an uprising by separatists in 2012, but they were quickly pushed side by al-Qaeda-linked Islamic ...

This genetic grab bag suggests one of the riddles of the Tuareg, who have always considered themselves a people apart yet for centuries took slaves from other desert tribes and intermarried with them.

Suspected Islamic militants killed more than 20 people in a string of attacks on villages in central Mali's insurgency-hit ...

People gather near a camp fire in Mali's desert We had been careful, swapping our jeans for traditional robes and Tuareg headscarves to blend in, but if he realised foreigners were in the camp he ...

Suspected jihadists killed more than 20 people in a string of attacks on villages in central Mali's insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local sources said.