The report also documented a separate incident in which an ethnic armed group killed 13 people and abducted 24 civilians in two other villages in central Mali on Jan. 6. "Islamist armed groups and ...

Most livestock markets in Mali’s capital are run by Fulani people — also known as the Peuhl — who are believed to be the ...

Festival au Desert started in 2001 as a small Sahara Desert gathering of Tuareg tribes and Malian musicians in the aftermath of civil strife between Mali’s principal ethnic groups. Its centerpieces ...

Mali’s Transitional National Council passed a law on October 31 that makes homosexuality a criminal offense. The new ...

Mali's armed forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the incident. The Tuareg are an ethnic group that inhabits the Sahara region, including parts of northern Mali ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In the courtyard of a psychiatric ward in Mali’s capital, a small group of patients acts out scenes of a village dispute to the beat of a djembe, a traditional West African ...

The Commonwealth Fund found that the rate of firearms deaths in Mississippi is nearly twice that of Haiti, an impoverished ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Authorities in Mali’s capital announced Thursday after a deadly attack by al-Qaida-linked militants that they were closing several livestock markets that typically are run ...