Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out their arms towards each other, searching for a grip ...

Fighting alongside Malian soldiers, Wagner mercenaries have massacred civilians and burned their villages in northern Mali, ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a series ...

More than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population ... gold producing countries in Africa. Several major gold producing companies operate in this West African country, including ...

The ECOWAS Resident Representative Office in Mali organized a handover ceremony on February 28, 2025, marking the end of the ...

The accident took place in an open-pit area people had gone into in search of gold. Informal mining is a common and dangerous practice in much of West Africa. By Reuters BAMAKO, Mali — At least ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global ...

Spanning three countries, the vast W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is being used to facilitate organised crime, terrorism and local conflicts.

With one of the most diverse ecosystems in West Africa’s savanna belt ... including the trafficking of weapons, drugs and people. Weapons smuggling is the most prolific illegal activity in the WAP, ...

Mali will partially lift a 2022 suspension on the issuance of mining permits on March 15, the mines ministry said in a statement on Friday.

SEGOU, Mali - Listeners swayed as the celebrated ... coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa. Tens of thousands of people from Mali and elsewhere in the region flock each ...