A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

Amadou Bagayoko and his wife, the singer Mariam Doumbia, rose from icons in Mali to international success over the last two ...

Over a thousand Malians protested in Bamako on Saturday against what they perceive as “an act of aggression by Algeria.” ...

The iconic artist of the famed Amadou & Mariam musical duo, known as ‘the blind couple of Mali’, passed away on April 4.

Relations between the African neighbors have been deteriorating since 2023. Amid calls to thaw ties, is there enough ...

While France held the presidency of the UN Security Council in April, Mali filed a formal complaint against Algeria, accusing ...

Following the Council of Ministers meeting held on April 9, 2025, under the chairmanship of the Head of State, the Malian government announced the organisation of a national consultation on the review ...

Alfousseini Togo, the editor of the weekly Le Canard de la Venise, was jailed on 9 April after being questioned by the ...

The recent edition of the Micro-trottoir programme in Bamako, the capital of Mali, was an important platform for discussing ...

While Hausa is the predominant language spoken in Niger, French has held official status since the nation gained independence ...

Mali's 2023 Mining Code was applied to the Bougouni lithium mine project. Under the memorandum of understanding signed on the occasion, Bamako required a $15 million payment, split into two equal ...

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about the abduction of Malian activist Alou Badra Sacko, recently appointed president of the movement Touche pas à mon Argent (Hands off ...