A separatist group in Mali said an airstrike on a market in the country’s north has killed at least 18 people. Mali’s army said its attack targeted armed militants.

The West African nation, along with neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, has for more than a decade battled an insurgency fought ...

An army air strike at a market in Mali's northern Timbuktu region on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured seven, a local rights group said, while the army said it was targeting terrorists.

The announcement comes as most West African nations are rethinking their relationship with France, which is losing its clout in the region. Following the military coups, Burkina Faso and Mali dropped ...

BAMAKO, Mali — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many ... this year in the French-speaking West African country, which is one of Africa’s top three ...

At least 49 people, many of them women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali last month.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali on Saturday ... across much of West Africa and has become more lucrative ...

Mali has suspended licenses for artisanal gold mining due to several fatal accidents at mining sites. The move specifically ...

UN experts* today expressed outrage at the arbitrary executions of at least ten people in Mali, saying the killings may amount to war crimes. “We urge Malian authorities to conduct prompt, effective, ...

It is the second major accident this year in the French-speaking West African country ... It says more than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector ...

More than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector for income, according to the U.S. Mali is one of the top three gold producing countries in Africa.