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Accused tells court he attacked a club in Bamako in 2015, killing five people, in revenge for Prophet Muhammad cartoons.

France signals opposition to Mali’s readiness to open talks with fighters linked to al-Qaeda.

Violence and insecurity have pushed some 7.4 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger into...

Conference, hosted by the UN, Germany, Denmark and the EU, aims to ‘instil acute sense of urgency’...

Swiss foreign ministry says Beatrice Stoeckli, kidnapped four years ago by alleged al-Qaeda fighters, has been killed.

Sophie Petronin arrives in Paris and is embraced by relatives and President Macron.

The decision comes days after the West African regional bloc announced it was ending its post-coup sanctions on Mali.

Soumaila Cisse and Sophie Petronin among four hostages released by suspected al-Qaeda-linked fighters.

Officials’ release was a demand of the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, which this week lifted sanctions on Mali.

West African regional bloc ECOWAS ends punitive measures imposed against Mali following August military coup.

Reports say release of suspected fighters to be followed by freeing of kidnapped Soumaila Cisse and Sophie Petronin.

The choice of a civilian opens the way for Mali’s neighbours to lift sanctions imposed after a military coup in August.

ECOWAS bloc had slapped sanctions on Mali after the military coup that toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

Veteran soldier tasked with leading country to elections within 18 months; coup leader Assimi Goita to serve as deputy.