Mali’s Islamist rebels seized control of the central city of Konna Thursday, encroaching further on government-held territory, said the rebels’ spokesman. Konna, a city of 50,000 people 700 kilometers ...

Mali has requested military aid from France after Islamists drove the army out of the northern town of Konna on Thursday, in the worst fighting the country has seen since militants took control of the ...

Aminata Jallo had rushed out of her home in preparation for taking her children to a place of safety when the missile exploded near her. She was killed instantly, but her one-year-old son, Saida, whom ...

Despite the chaos that swept his hometown in recent weeks, 34-year-old Mohammadou Traore has not lost his sense of humor. It's Sunday afternoon and he's stretched out, exhausted, on a rickety plastic ...