The Trump administration is reportedly considering military action in the African nation of Mali to target an al-Qaeda-affiliated group.

An unprecedented battlefield partnership between a separatist movement and an al-Qaeda affiliate has transformed the conflict in northern Mali, shifting the military balance and deepening divisions ...

Trump considers military strikes in Mali — which would be the 8th country he’s attacked this term - The administration is reportedly mulling a campaign against al-Qaeda-linked JNIM in the junta-contro ...

The ship carried armoured personnel carriers and trucks through the English Channel to Africa, satellite images show.

The ambush that killed at least 50 Malian soldiers and struck a joint convoy of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) and Russia’s Africa Corps, which replaced the Wagner Group as Moscow’s military presence ...

It is hard to overstate the sense of shock reverberating across West Africa after attackers, in co-ordinated assaults, managed to enter Mali's capital, Bamako, assassinate the defence minister and ...

Malian officials announced on 4 May 2026 that junta leader General Assimi Goïta would take on the post of defence minister after the killing of General Sadio Camara a week earlier. Camara’s death ...

Malian army says the soldiers were held prisoner by Tuareg and al-Qaeda-linked armed groups in the northern region.

If approved, it would add an eighth nation to the list of countries where President Donald Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term.

Mali Accuses Military Officers of Working With Jihadis to Carry Out Attacks Against Government BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Some military officers in Mali worked with jihadis and separatists who recently ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s military announced on Friday that it has broken a rebel blockade around a strategic army base in the north as the West African country’s junta battles a renewed offensive by ...