French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Sunday defended itself following outrage over cartoons about a deadly military helicopter crash in Mali, the day before a memorial service for the 13 dead soldiers. The magazine, which was itself the target of a devastating attack by Islamic ...
Islamic State takes credit for deadly French copter collision in Mali
Islamic State group-linked fighters claimed responsibility Thursday for a helicopter collision that killed 13 French soldiers earlier this week, while France said it will reassess its military operation in West and Central Africa after its deadliest toll in nearly four decades. The Islamic State in ...
Two helicopters collided in midair and killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic extremists in Mali, France said Tuesday, in its biggest loss since its mission in West Africa's Sahel region began in 2013. The deaths draw new attention to a worrying front in the global ...
More than 2.4 million people need urgent food aid across the central Sahel region, encompassing Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where rising jihadi violence has triggered a humanitarian crisis, the U.N. said Tuesday. "If we do not act now to tackle hunger in the Sahel, ...
Burkina Faso accuses Mali of unauthorized military incursion
Burkina Faso's government said the Malian army had no authorization to cross into its territory to kill three people during a spate of ethnic violence last week. Malian officials were not available to comment, but the Malian army said on Saturday that its forces had ...
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday rejected as speculation talk of a military coup after recent jihadi attacks left dozens of soldiers dead near the border with Burkina Faso. Keita said lessons would be learned after 38 soldiers were killed in two attacks last ...
A large contingent of Malian troops, backed by air support, fought Tuesday with jihadi fighters who made an incursion into a military camp in the country's fragile central region, sources said. Two military posts came under attack at dawn on Monday at Boulkessy and Mondoro, ...
ECOWAS leaders pledge $1 billion to fight Islamist threat in West Africa
West African leaders have pledged $1 billion to combat the spiraling threat of Islamist militancy in the region, the head of the regional ECOWAS bloc said on Saturday. Groups with links to al-Qaida and Islamic State have strengthened their foothold across the arid Sahel region ...
A Malian jihadi accused of demolishing Timbuktu's fabled shrines also imposed a reign of terror on local residents, who were "scared out of their minds," the International Criminal Court heard on Monday. Prosecutors accuse Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud of war ...
At least 14 reported slain in attack on ethnic Dogon villages in Mali
At least 14 people were killed in an attack on two ethnic Dogon villages in central Mali, local officials said Tuesday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack but Mali has seen a spate of violence this year between ethnic Dogon and Fulani communities. The ...
Son of French hostage abducted in Mali in 2016 denounces Paris government inaction
The son of an elderly French woman abducted in Mali has accused Paris of refusing to talk to her abductors, in comments published Sunday that were disputed by French authorities. Armed jihadis abducted Sophie Petronin on Dec. 24, 2016, in Gao, northern Mali, where she ...
30 jihadis reported 'neutralized' in French-Malian raids near Burkina Faso
French and Malian troops killed or captured more than 30 extremists and dismantled a jihadist training camp during a major counter-terrorism operation near Mali's border with Burkina Faso, the French military told AFP on Friday. The operation is the first since French forces set up ...
