Mali Bound

A United Nations plane careened off the runway while touching down in the northern Malian city of Gao on Monday, the international organisation said, injuring 11 people.  In a statement, the UN said that four of its officials and seven crew members were on board the...

Mali's opposition on Wednesday reiterated calls for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, again spurning a compromise floated by West African leaders seeking to resolve a weeks-old political crisis. Using the acronym by which the president is known, prominent...

A protest movement that has sprung up in Mali, shaking President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's grip on power, on Tuesday rejected a compromise put forward by regional leaders and insisted that he quit. In a statement, the so-called June 5 Movement said it "demands the...

Bamako, July 28, 2020 - Twenty-two people were killed and 21 were wounded in southern Mali on Tuesday when a minibus collided with a dump truck, the transport ministry said. The accident occurred around 9 am on a national highway linking the town of Kangaba near the...