by Sheikh Mohamed | Jul 3, 2017 | World
Nouakchott- African powers attending the Bamako Summit on Sunday set the final touches of a new multinational military force to fight terrorism in the Sahel. The summit held by the G5 Sahel bloc, including Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, in the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 19, 2017 | World
Unidentified gunmen stormed a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako, killing four guests and leaving one other guest missing, a security source at the scene said on Monday. One of the victims of Sunday’s attack was...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2015 | World
A week after the Paris attacks which ISIS claimed responsibility for and resulted in the death of 130 people in addition to the death of most of the 8 perpetrators, similar attacks were repeated in Mali’s capital Bamako when gunmen stormed a hotel and held captive...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 4, 2013 | World
Paris, Reuters—Mali’s government and Tuareg separatists both accused France on Wednesday of not doing enough to resolve the political crisis, underscoring the difficulties Paris has in disengaging itself from its former colony. After winning adulation across...
