Stabbing attempt on Mali interim president

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 - 10:52 GMT

Two armed men, including one who wielded a knife, attacked Mali's interim president Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the great mosque in the capital Bamako, an AFP journalist saw.

Ex-chief of jihadist ‘Islamic police’ jailed for 10 years in Mali

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 - 10:56 GMT

The head of an Islamic police brigade deployed by jihadists controlling a northern Mali city in 2012 was jailed for 10 years Friday.

Ex-chief of jihadist 'Islamic police' on trial in Mali

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 - 02:28 GMT

The head of an Islamic police brigade deployed by jihadists controlling a city in northern Mali in 2012 went on trial Friday.

17 dead in Burkina Faso restaurant 'terrorist attack'

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 - 09:09 GMT

Seventeen people have been killed and a dozen injured in a "terrorist attack" on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital.