Having slipped undetected into Mali’s capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy, stormed Bamako’s airport and set the presidential jet on

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The recent militant Islamist attack in Bamako is part of a broader push by violent extremist groups into southern Mali and reflective of the deteriorating security in Mali under military rule. Militant Islamist fighters stormed

Les deux convois de l’armée ne sont pas passés inaperçus dans le désert. Surveillés par les rebelles indépendantistes du Cadre stratégique permanent (CSP), ils ont quitté Gao, dans le nord-est du Mali, à quelques jours

The military ruled states in the Sahel, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali are seeking to acquire telecoms technology and remote-sensing satellites from Russia as they seek to counter the surge of terrorist activity. Ministers from

Extremist attacks in Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara in Africa, have proliferated in recent months: Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of Mali, for the first time in

Les paramilitaires du général Mohammed Hamdan Daglo ont lancé une offensive massive sur cette ville qu’ils assiègent depuis des mois. « La plupart de nos maisons ont été détruites », lâche Al-Tijani Othman, un des

Army troops have subdued Islamic militants who attacked a military training camp and the airport in Mali’s capital, but some soldiers were killed Mali troops subdued the Islamic militants who attacked a military training camp