South African ex-hostage Stephen McGown, who was held by al-Qaida in Mali for nearly six years, said Thursday he had been well treated but was distraught to have not be freed before his mother died. Speaking just 10 days after being released, he said he ...
Al-Qaida's North Africa branch has freed a South African man who was held hostage for six years in Mali and he is now home, South Africa's government announced Thursday, denying it had paid any ransom. Stephen McGown, who was released on July 25, was the ...
A German military helicopter assigned to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali crashed in the West African nation's desert north on Wednesday, killing the two crew members, the German military said. The Tiger helicopter crashed around midday about 70 km (45 miles) north of Gao, ...
Climate change could transform one of Africa's driest regions, the Sahel, into a very wet one, a study showed Wednesday. But this is not necessarily good news. While there would be more water for farming and grazing, the region may also face devastating storms and ...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday threw his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadis on a lightning visit to Mali but told countries in the region their efforts had to bear fruit. Faced with a growing number of jihadi attacks in central ...
Suspected jihadists attacked a hotel resort Sunday in Mali's capital, taking hostages at a spot popular with foreigners on the weekends. The number of casualties was unclear in the assault, which continued into the evening, authorities said. Gunfire first rang out at the Campement Kangaba ...
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadis for four years, in his first official visit outside Europe after taking power. He will address French soldiers stationed in the city of Gao in Mali's deeply troubled north. The ...
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by "Islamists," local officials told AFP on Wednesday, the first such incident since jihadi groups were driven out of the region. Jihadis seized key northern cities in Mali in March 2012, and though ...
The Group of Seven committed on Friday to pursuing the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to protect World Heritage sites from destruction in conflict and combating the trafficking of plundered treasures. Destroying antiquities at heritage sites like the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and ...
Mali has eliminated Guinea worm disease bringing the world a step closer to eradicating the debilitating parasitic disease that is now only endemic in three African countries, the U.S.-based Carter Center said, citing provisional government figures. Guinea worm afflicted 3.5 million people 30 years ago ...
Al-Qaida's affiliate in North Africa released Tuesday a new proof-of-life video of Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, held hostage in Mali by the group since last January, U.S.-based monitoring group SITE said. The al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) video, which lasts two minutes and 17 ...
A French-Swiss aid worker has been kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali, and French and Malian authorities are working together to rescue her, the French foreign ministry said on Sunday. Sophie Petronin, who runs a nongovernmental organization that helps children suffering from ...
