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COPENHAGEN - Denmark will close its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso after a series of military coups over the past few years, the Danish foreign ministry said…

ROME - Renowned Malian singer Rokia Traore, known for her music and as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador, was arrested in Italy due to an international child custody dispute…

DAKAR - Burkina Faso's military junta has approved an amended family code that includes provisions criminalizing homosexuality, a significant departure from the previous acceptance of same-sex relations in…

BAMAKO - Mali has failed to meet a debt payment of 2.7 billion CFA francs ($4.67 million) on treasury bonds, its finance ministry said on Wednesday, blaming sanctions…

WASHINGTON - The United States plans to remove Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the agreement that gives them duty-free access to the United States, President Joe Biden said…

BAMAKO - Mali's former interim president Bah Ndaw and prime minister Moctar Ouane have been released from house arrest by the authorities who ousted them in May, a…

BAMAKO - A man accused of attempting to stab Mali's interim President Assimi Goita last week has died in hospital while in the custody of security services, the…

BAMAKO - Police fired tear gas to disperse campaigners for civilian rule before substantive talks over Mali’s political future began in Bamako on Thursday, a sign of a…

BAMAKO - Mali’s military junta and regional mediators on Monday discussed the make-up and goals of an interim administration following an Aug. 18 coup, rather than the possibility…

BAMAKO - The Muslim cleric seen as the driving force behind Mali’s protest movement said the country’s political crisis could be resolved without President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigning,…