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Fuel tankers set ablaze as militants enforce blockade of key Senegal-Mali trade route
September 17, 2025
Mali's military government has sought to calm anger over a blockade by Islamist militants on major highways where lorry drivers have been facing ambushes and arson attacks.In a rare...
Saved from militants, Timbuktu’s famed manuscripts return home after 13 years in Mali’s capital
August 11, 2025
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it...
Morrocan truck drivers kidnapped by Islamic State group released in Mali
August 5, 2025
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers, who were kidnapped in January in West Africa by the Islamic State group and held captive for months, were released late...
Algeria says it downed a drone near its border with Mali as tensions simmer between the 2 countries
April 1, 2025
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Algeria said Tuesday it shot down a military drone near the country's border with Mali in the first incident of its kind during growing tensions...
Rebel alliance in Mali says it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in Algeria
January 21, 2025
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week.The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA),...
Nearly 70 migrants died when their boat sank en route to Spain, a Malian minister says
December 27, 2024
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Nearly 70 migrants died when their boat sank as they tried to reach Spain earlier this month, Mali’s Minister for Malians Living Abroad said.In a...