Two attacks in central Mali claimed by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have killed more than 30 people, local, security, and administrative sources told AFP on Thursday. "At least 35 people were killed on Wednesday in near-simultaneous attacks" on Korikori and Gomossogou, a youth official said. A securit»»»

Since September, blockades have been multiplying across Mali, carried out by jihadists from the JNIM, the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims. The jihadists are imposing a fuel blockade that has paralysed the landlocked Sahel country's economy. The resulting unrest and violen»»»

At least 20 Malian soldiers including a base commander were killed on Friday, when suspected members of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), attacked a military base in Soumpi located in Tombouctou region in northern Mali. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the fighters arrived at t»»»

France has joined the United States and United Kingdom in urging its citizens to leave Mali, issuing a formal advisory on Friday, November 7, warning against all travel to the West African nation and calling on its nationals to depart "as soon as possible" amid a rapidly deteriorating security situ»»»

THE Sahel, a vast stretch of land below the Sahara and extending from Burkina Faso to Eritrea, has become the global epicentre of terrorism. The Global Terrorism Index reports that in 2022, this region witnessed more terrorism-related fatalities than both South Asia and the Middle East and North Af»»»