Mali's military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers "coldly executed" at least 24 civilians in the ...

(Reuters) -Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old ...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

The accident took place in an open-pit area people had gone into in search of gold. Informal mining is a common and dangerous ...

The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

Barrick will pay $438M to the government in exchange for the release of detained employees, the return of seized gold and the ...

The Rencontres de Bamako photography biennale took place from mid-November until mid-January without past sponsor France, ...

A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the accident occurred. It is the ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...