Paris says it has enforced border control measures as part of a “graduated response” amid tensions with the former colony ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking an end to ...

Artisanal mining, prevalent across West Africa, has increased due to rising metal demand and prices. Credit: Poliorketes/Shutterstock. An accident in Mali’s Kayes ...

At least 48 people were killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in western Mali Saturday, authorities and local sources told AFP. Mali is one of Africa’s leading gold producers, and ...

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.

BAMAKO: Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali on Saturday, the head of an industry union said. The accident took place near the town ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the ...

More than 40 people are dead after an “illegal” gold mine in Mali collapsed on Saturday, Feb. 15, according to Reuters. Local officials said most of the dead were women who went into the mine to look ...