👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 On Saturday 25 April armed terrorists rode into the capital of Mali in West Africa. Al …

France has urged its citizens to leave Mali "as soon as possible", after a weekend of co-ordinated attacks by separatist fighters and Islamist militants. In an update on Wednesday, the …

Brits have been told to 'leave Mali immediately' by the UK government following widespread violence and security risks. It comes after a wave of coordinated attacks at the weekend, including …

It is hard to overstate the sense of shock reverberating across West Africa after attackers, in co-ordinated assaults, managed to enter Mali's capital, Bamako, assassinate the defence minister and recapture …

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Khaled Abdulgader noticed children using an unusual object as a football and tried to stop them. He grabbed it, and it exploded in his hand. He …

Mali's military leader has made his first public appearance since unprecedented large-scale weekend attacks destabilised his ruling junta, visiting the wounded and meeting the ambassador of key ally Russia. Jihadists …

International mining companies are likely to keep investing in Mali, one of Africa’s most resource-rich countries, even though attacks on Saturday that killed the Defence Minister have increased concerns about …

Mali's Kremlin-backed military junta is facing a deepening crisis after a wave of coordinated attacks by jihadist and separatist groups dealt a humiliating blow to Russian forces operating in the …

NAIROBI/GENEVA, April 28 (Reuters) - For Somalia's malnourished children, already suffering the twin catastrophes of looming famine and radical cuts in foreign aid, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran means more …

By David Lewis, Portia Crowe and Robbie Corey-Boulet, Reuters Tuareg separatists and Islamist militants coordinate attacks Defence minister's death creates leadership vacuum Russian military support shows limits as troops retreat …

A network linked to the leadership of a militia accused of genocide has amassed a vast property portfolio in Dubai as part of a sprawling “paramilitary-industrial complex” across Africa and …

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Militants with the Islamic State group attacked a village overnight in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 29 people, authorities said Monday. It was the latest violence in …