The village at the foot of the Bandiagara escarpment is approximately one kilometer long and is divided by a steep-walled gorge accessible only by foot. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon ...

Tuareg associations in Mali and Burkina Faso have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against their nations' armies and the Russian paramilitary group, Africa Corps.

Russia’s Wagner mercenaries leaving Mali, Africa Corps to remain The shift brings Russian support to ‘a more fundamental level’, according to Kremlin-backed paramilitary force Africa Corps ...

A dispute over mining proceeds has already seen Mali detain four Barrick employees and block gold exports from the mine, which the company shuttered in January. The standoff means the world’s No. 2 ...

One of the next major hurdles in Barrick Mining Corp.’s saga in Mali will be renewing a key gold mining license, after the state temporarily took over the vast Loulo-Gounkoto complex this week.

Hundreds of assailants killed 34 Nigerien soldiers in an attack in western Niger not far from the Malian border on Thursday, the defence ministry said. The "cowardly and barbaric" assault in the ...

As mercenaries leave Mali, experts say remaining Kremlin-controlled Africa Corps is more than just ‘Wagner rebranded’.

The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country. Despite Wagner's announcement ...

Mali is Africa's third-largest gold producer, yet decades of foreign extraction have left the country struggling with poverty, instability and limited industrial benefits from its vast mineral wealth.

Instability in Mali shows that development, security and government need to work together for peace to occur. China’s role in Africa’s security has been evolving, from its tentative first steps in non ...