Mali

WHO officials said a readiness assessment for Guinea’s neighbours showed gaps in their preparedness for Ebola outbreak.

Maduro’s government got about $1.21bn from the trade despite crippling US sanctions, an opposition figure alleges.

Nine other soldiers were wounded, five of them seriously, amid a long exchange of fire with armed groups.

French leader says rushed exit from volatile region in West Africa would be a mistake, as Chad deploys reinforcements.

France considers reducing troop numbers as fighting worsens.

France expected to announce Barkhane troop drawdown as Sahel leaders increasingly mull negotiations with armed groups.

Six other troops wounded in attack near the village of Boni in violence-plagued region of Mopti.

Accords bring together Fulani and Dogon communities who have historic tensions over access to land and water.

Army says coordinated twin assaults also left 18 troops wounded, with some 30 assailants killed in military response.

The UNHCR called the humanitarian response in Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ‘dangerously overstretched’.

One of Boubou Cisse’s lawyers said the former leader ‘is in the capital Bamako in a safe place’.

French military says fighters killed in air raid by French jets near Bounti village but residents say civilians died.

Group to Support Islam and Muslims says it ‘detonated an explosive device’ as French armoured vehicle passed by.

President Emmanuel Macron’s office says an explosive device hit the soldiers’ vehicle Saturday in Mali’s Menaka region.