Former Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara has been taken into pretrial detention after expressing solidarity with jailed critics of the ruling military junta in a social media post ...

Mali, like many of its West African neighbors, continues to face significant security challenges. Transitional President Assimi Goita, who assumed power after a military coup in 2020, addressed ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Mali, a large, landlocked West African nation in the Sahel region, just south of the Sahara, has been battling an Islamist insurgency for 12 years.