Armed groups in Mali attack capital in possible coordinated effort, army says
Mali has been plagued by insurgencies fought by affiliates of al Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
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Mali has been plagued by insurgencies fought by affiliates of al Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Mariame Cissé was abducted by armed men who later "executed her in front of a crowd," the mayor of Timbuktu said.
Wagner is a group of entities that operate as a private military company.
Floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands in the region, worsening existing humanitarian crises.
Taureg rebels in northern Mali, battling the country's ruling junta and its Russian mercenary partners, say they've killed dozens of enemy fighters.
Three West African nations ruled by military commanders after recent coups are speaking with one voice to reject Western influence.
The mutinous military officers say they have placed the president under house arrest in what could be the 8th African coup in 3 years.
Niger's military rulers closed the country's airspace as they defied an international ultimatum to restore the nation's president to power.
As the U.S. plans evacuations, Niger's military rulers find support not only on the streets, but from some neighboring nations' own post-coup regimes.
Jeff Woodke, an American missionary who spent six years in captivity in Africa, says he was beaten, locked in chains and pressured repeatedly to convert to Islam.
10 people — including a former soldier, a housewife and a 2-year-old — have been decapitated since 2018, sparking fears of ritual killings.