Festival au Desert started in 2001 as a small Sahara Desert gathering of Tuareg tribes and Malian musicians in the aftermath of civil strife between Mali’s principal ethnic groups. Its centerpieces ...

North Mali is rife with militant activity linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. The Tuaregs, an ethnic group who inhabit the Sahara region including northern Mali, are fighting for an independent ...

Algeria and Mali have each closed their airspace to flights from the other country, as the row over a drone that was shot ...

A brutal cycle of violence in central Mali, an ethnic mosaic, began after a predominantly Fulani jihadist group led by preacher Amadou Koufa emerged in 2015. Since jihadists recruited mainly from ...

The attacks on Monday evening on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central Mali, where ethnic militias regularly slaughter civilians from rival groups and ...