Here’s a close look at Mali: Geography: Mali is a vast, landlocked nation that straddles the Sahara Desert and whose borders touch Algeria to the north and Ivory Coast to the south, linking North ...

April 26 (Reuters) - President Amadou Toumani Toure, a former coup leader, is bidding for a second term in office in Sunday's presidential elections in Mali. Toure, credited with returning Mali to ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Despite intensive aerial bombardments by French warplanes, Islamist insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on Monday, including a strategic military camp, bringing them much closer ...

Analysis - When the military overthrew the democratically elected government in Mali in 2020, coup leader General Assimi Goita promised to root out jihadists in the north of the country. Mali had been ...