The Latest Breaking News from Mali

The era of France’s arm-twisting interventionism in Africa may finally be over

Norway is closing its embassy in Mali by the end of the year, citing the security situation in the West African country

United Nations sanctions in Mali are ending after Russia vetoed extending them and maintaining a team of United Nations experts there, after they claimed that foreign forces were involved in abuses – a reference to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group.

Reds had considered the Mali midfielder to reinforce midfield throughout the transfer window

In tonight's edition: Sudan's military ruler General Abdel Fattah-al-Burhan visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since Sudan spiralled into war. Also, our reporters meet Sudanese escaping war by fleeing into Tunisia. Many face desperate conditions in the Tunisian city of Zarzis. Plus the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for…

After Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso, this time it feels like it's personal. France's president took on all-comers in his annual address on Monday to his ambassadors in Paris: insisting his man in Niamey is staying put, defying an ultimatum from Niger's coup leaders and ruing what Emmanuel Macron sees…

UN experts say the group now controls rural areas in eastern Menaka and large parts of the Ansongo area in northern Gao.

Moscow aiming to increase influence in Africa, winning lucrative contracts and gaining access to key resources

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, United Nations experts said in a new report.

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report.

From securing resources to destabilising western influence, the mercenary group’s activities hang in the balance, says writer Dino Mahtani