In 1998, a city in Mali that has been inhabited for well over 2,000 years was added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.

Malian army says its soldiers clashed with members of an armed separatist group in the country's north, resulting in the ...

Scientists believe Michigan may be an abundant source of what could become the next big thing in carbon-free energy.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Ms. Wenjie Chen, visited Bamako from June 9 to 13, 2025, to conduct the 2025 Article IV consultation with the Malian authorities. The team held ...

Mali's government will establish a state-controlled gold refinery with Russia's Yadran to boost bullion revenue as West African nations aim for greater resource returns amid rising commodity prices, ...

Known for its mud-brick architecture, the town of Djenné is struggling to attract tourists and maintain buildings that have ...

Mali’s Council of Ministers on Wednesday adopted a controversial bill granting the head of the military junta an additional five years in power. Gen. Assimi Goita has led the West African nation since ...

Nine months after the 18 August 2020 coup that removed former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, history repeated itself in Mali, throwing the country back into political chaos. On 24 May, a group of ...

Discovered in a remote Ottoman town in 1884, the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East. A detail of the Madaba Map ...

Several borders show untapped promise—zones we classify as Challenger archetypes. These include the Benin–Togo, Chad–Niger, and Mali–Burkina Faso frontiers. Each is marked by persistent insecurity, ...

Some African presidents flew straight to Ouagadougou to sign the interim unity documents when they could not land. Some ...

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