Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, ...

General Pascal Ianni, the commander of French forces in Africa ... on external support. Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have shifted toward Russia by signing military deals and inviting ...

including in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger — all former French colonies and the military leaders in these countries have asked French forces to leave. In line with new realities, France has been ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad — France handed over its last military base in ... a large military presence. French forces have been ousted in recent years from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso following years ...

DAKAR, Senegal — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French ... upended by military coups and ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have been grappling ... have changed their security strategies. After expelling French military forces, which had been involved in counter-terrorism operations in ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare ...

A French Journalist Recounts ... The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years have been upended by military coups and are now led by military juntas, which struggle against ...