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

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

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 ...

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

Mali's military rulers have been grappling with a weeks-long blockade on fuel imports imposed by al-Qaeda-linked militants.

Bamako may not be under the control of Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin (JNIM), yet, the threat looms if the group forms ...

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

A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali’s capital. For over a month, they ...

The U.S. Embassy in Mali told all American citizens on Tuesday to leave the country due to a severe fuel crisis and security ...

In Bamako's business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard, waiting for one of ...

Dozens of Malian truck drivers risk their lives every day to supply the capital, Bamako, with fuel as a blockade by Al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM creates chronic shortages. "You never know if you'll come ...

The blockade of southern Mali is designed to weaken the military government, incite the public and possibly consolidate control.