Security analysts say the group known as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which has been operating for months ...

If jihadists take over the West African state of Mali it would mark a stunning success sending shockwaves beyond the region.

An al-Qaeda-linked group, JNIM, has blockaded fuel supplies in Mali’s capital for two months, crippling Bamako and pressuring ...

A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on ...

On the afternoon of October 25, Cheick Oumar Diallo chatted with companions on a street in Mali’s capital, Bamako. Suddenly, ...

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is Al-Qaeda’s Sahel franchise, formed in March 2017 from a merger of Mali-based ...

Western governments warn citizens to flee Bamako as al Qaeda-affiliated fighters block fuel routes and encircle Mali’s ...

Militants affiliated with al-Qaeda have created a fuel crisis in Mali by blocking routes used by fuel tanker trucks across ...

A well-armed jihadist group affiliated with al Qaeda is closing in on Bamako, the capital of Mali. The country’s military junta and their Russian partners are struggling to counter the jihadis, who ...

Travelers are being warned to steer clear of two West African countries, as the US State Department issues its highest-level ...

Tanker driver Baba steeled himself for yet another perilous journey from Ivory Coast to Mali loaded up with desperately ...

As jihadist fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda tighten their grip around Bamako, the capital of Mali, Liberian Activist ...