UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A network of human rights groups on Wednesday criticized plans to include Chadian troops in a new U.N.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Mali, which lost half its territory last year to a rebel invasion, signed an accord Tuesday with Tuareg
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia, looking to qualify for its first World Cup, joined the Ivory Coast and Egypt in becoming the first teams to qualify f
Tunisia moved closer to Africa's final playoffs for the World Cup without even playing Saturday after group rival Sierra Leone's 1-0 loss in Cape
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has added three Malian militias and Syria's main rebel force for the first time to an annual "list of
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The Tuareg rebel group occupying a part of northern Mali says it is ready to accept a proposed agreement with the
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Shooting erupted late Tuesday near a college for Niger's paramilitary police in a suburb of the capital, the minister of
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 11 million people are still facing hunger in Africa's Sahel region and urgent international aid is needed, a top U.
Ivory Coast beat Gambia 3-0 in World Cup qualifying Saturday, and Ethiopia and Zambia gained crucial victories that put South Africa and Ghana at r
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A team of experts led by UNESCO said Friday it has found far more serious damage to Mali's cultural heritage in the fabled
PHOENIX (AP) — A man from the African country of Mali has been deported after completing a federal prison sentence for engaging in drug dealing in
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian military attacked Tuareg rebels early Wednesday and succeeded in taking the village of Anefis, marking the army's
PARIS (AP) — Malian authorities are insisting on a military presence in the troubled northern city of Kidal before the country can hold
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A man suspected of being an extremist ran for cover inside an abandoned house in the northern Malian city of Kidal, and
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Black residents of the tense northern Malian city of Kidal say that rebels from the lighter-skinned Tuareg ethnic group, who
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Cheick Diabate scored in the 89th minute to help Bordeaux beat Evian 3-2 in the French Cup final Friday.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — France's foreign minister said Tuesday during a stop in Niger that the attackers who carried out last week's double suicide
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's government announced on Monday that much-anticipated presidential elections will be held July 28, in a communique that s
NIAMEY, Mali (AP) — Niger's president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run
PARIS (AP) — France's president says his country must fight harder against terrorists in Africa, after two suicide bombings apparently staged by
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:
