Topic - Mali

Also Monday, Mali said it and Burkina Faso, both neighbors of Niger run by military juntas, were sending a delegation of officials to Niger to show support.

West African leaders will meet Thursday after Niger's junta defies key deadline and shuts airspace →

The attacks show “how the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin continues to expand its operations outside its traditional strongholds in northern and central Mali,” said Héni Nsaibia, a senior researcher at The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.

Explosions, gunfire at a military base near Mali's capital →