The son of one of Mali's top politicians says the country's ruling junta has arrested his father for criticizing the military ...

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Resolute Mining’s shares have plunged after it said Terry Holohan and two other employees were being held by Mali’s military ...

The memorandum will give us an update on the current situation in the Republics of Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger ...

For the second time in nine months, Col Assimi Goïta has seized power in Mali, detaining transitional ... the West African state's transition to democracy. He also led the coup which deposed ...

The next 18 months will be crucial in determining how close or far Mali steers from democracy. A Soviet-trained helicopter pilot who rose through the ranks of Mali's air force, Mr Ndaw most ...

democracy has faltered rather than flourished. For decades, France’s involvement in Africa was often criticised as a continuation of colonial-era dominance, a network often referred to as françafrique ...