France U20 were held to a 1-1 draw by a spirited Mali side in Avignon on Thursday evening before ultimately falling 5-4 in the penalty shootout. The result sees Les Bleuets miss the chance to secure ...

France has advised its citizens in Mali to leave as soon as possible, as Islamist insurgents continue their blockade of the country. The French foreign ministry advised citizens to depart on ...

France is pulling back diplomatic staff from Mali as the security situation in the country deteriorates under a jihadist-imposed fuel blockade. The move comes amid deepening concerns over the ...

Comparisons with Afghanistan are inevitable when any Western country sends its military to war in a Muslim country where al-Qaeda has set up shop — and the comparison may be a particularly ...

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted ...

BAMAKO/MONTREUIL (Reuters) - In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris' Champs-Elysees. He hasn't ...

BAMAKO, May 19 (Reuters) - After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a ...

Mali suspended its counter-terrorism cooperation with France, days after its former colonial ruler said it’ll do the same following the arrest of a French envoy in Bamako. “The action comes in line ...

And so multiple crises are gripping Mali: a military government under pressure, jihadist forces with a deepening foothold, and a civilian population trapped in slow-burning turmoil. Amidst ruptured ...

A French national detained in Mali on accusations of plotting against the junta is a member of the French Embassy in Bamako, France’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry described the ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked Islamists in Mali threatened on Saturday to "open the doors of hell" for French citizens if France kept pushing for armed intervention to retake the rebel-held north ...