The Latest Breaking News from Mali

More than 16 million people affected by conflict and climate change in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian aid, according to an American NGO report published on Monday.

Campaigning for Mali's referendum on long-delayed changes to its constitution kicked off on Friday, ahead of the vote on 18 June. The country's military rulers say the new constitution has been drafted with the input of ordinary citizens, but some observers fear it will concentrate power in the hands of…

Conflict poses threat to Chad and wider Sahel amid fears over arms proliferation and returning fighters, analysts say.

Two U.N. agencies are warning of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods

Thousands of demonstrators in Bamako demanded an end to peacekeeping mission they say has failed to bring peace.

Russia has offered military support to Somalia’s army in the war against terrorism

Six months after Mali's interim authorities decided to block all French public funding for non-governmental organisations operating in the country, RFI spoke to workers on the ground about how they are managing.

Germany extended its military mission in Mali for one final year on Friday as Berlin aims to wind up by May 2024 a decade-old mission that has been hampered by disputes with the ruling military junta in Bamako and the arrival of Russian forces.

German lawmakers have given the go-ahead for the country’s troops to stay in Mali for up to another year

Washington warns that the Russian mercenary group is prolonging the conflict and causing ‘further chaos’ in Sudan.

The U.S. on Thursday said Russian mercenary force Wagner Group may be working through Mali and other countries to hide its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, and accused it of supplying a Sudanese paramilitary with surface-to-air missiles.