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A Malian army vehicle in Timbuktu in September 2021. Amnesty International says Mali’s armed forces and Russian Wagner Group personnel committed war crimes against civilians during joint operations between 2023 and 2025. - AFP - MAIMOUNA MORO

Mali army and Russian fighters accused of killing dozens of civilians

11 hours ago | Mali

At least 34 civilians were killed in seven locations in the central Ségou and Mopti regions and northern Timbuktu region ...

Sep 29, 2026 | Mali

Turkey has poured huge sums into making Somalia one of its main foreign outposts, but is being sucked into the country's ...

Sep 23, 2026 | Mali

For nearly two weeks Ibou and his family have been living in a state of suspended sorrow, unsure what happened to his fa ...

Sep 10, 2026 | Mali

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to take urgent action to find Moussa Kaka, CEO of the ...

Sep 10, 2026 | Mali

The study, Algorithms at War, by the Dakar-based Timbuktu Institute examines how generative AI is being used across Mali ...

Sep 2, 2026 | Mali

Yosuke Nagai was an idealistic teenager who wanted to help war-torn Somalia. He now runs the only foreign-funded reinteg ...

Aug 30, 2026 | Mali

Life returned to normal in Niger's capital Niamey on Sunday, after the military regime and its Russian paramilitary part ...

Aug 30, 2026 | Mali

Beloved at home and abroad, the Nightingale of Beledougou has spent a lifetime carrying the traditional music far beyo ...

Aug 27, 2026 | Mali

Piracy off the Horn of Africa has reached its highest levels since 2013, according to an AFP analysis based on data from ...

Aug 25, 2026 | Mali

At the age of 88, barefoot and cinched into a belt of cowrie shells, renowned singer Mariam Bagayoko still sweeps across ...

Aug 24, 2026 | Mali

Maiga arrived in Algiers on Monday for a working visit dedicated to strengthening cooperation between Mali and Algeria. ...

Aug 24, 2026 | Mali

The World Food Programme (WFP), the UN agency providing food assistance, said around one third of Somalia's population i ...

Aug 17, 2026 | Mali

A Malian court sentenced on Monday a prominent broadcaster and an influencer, who had both criticised the ruling junta, ...