Mali attack

Mali car bomb kills 50 in fresh blow to peace

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita ordered three days of national mourning following the attack, the worst in the country in recent years.

Jan 18, 2017, 21:30 PM IST

Malian soldiers, civilian killed in election-linked attacks

The twin attacks were among a string of disruptions to voting in northern and central Mali.

Nov 21, 2016, 17:44 PM IST

UN peacekeeper, two civilians killed in Mali attack

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the killings "in the strongest terms" and warned that "attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law."

Nov 07, 2016, 13:57 PM IST

Armed group kills 17 soldiers at Mali base: Officials

Seventeen soldiers were killed and 35 wounded in central Mali Tuesday in an assault on their base that authorities called a "coordinated terrorist attack".

Jul 20, 2016, 04:02 AM IST

Mali arrests suspected mastermind of Radisson hotel attack: Sources

Arrested on Thursday, the man is believed to have taken part in an attack on a bar in Bamako in March 2015, the sources said.

Apr 22, 2016, 17:51 PM IST

A gun battle broke outside the Splendid Hotel in Burkina in Ouagadougou. Terror group al Qaeda has claimed the responsibilty of the attack on the hotel, in which at least 30 people have been reportedly killed.

Burkina Faso terror attack: In Pics

Attackers struck an upscale hotel popular with Westerners in Burkina Faso's capital late Friday, fueling the recent political turmoil in the West African country.

Jan 16, 2016, 11:57 AM IST

Four dead as migrant truck attacked in Mali: sources

Armed men attacked a lorry carrying migrants in northern Mali, killing four people and wounding six, UN and medical sources have said.

Dec 01, 2015, 05:35 AM IST

UN Security Council warns Mali attack could be war crime

The United Nations Security Council condemned a rocket attack that killed two UN peacekeepers and a contractor Saturday in northeast Mali, warning the assault could be a war crime.

Nov 29, 2015, 03:23 AM IST

Jihadist group Ansar Dine claims attack on UN base in Mali

Jihadist group Ansar Dine said the attack was "in response to the violation of our lands by the enemies of Islam.

Nov 29, 2015, 00:30 AM IST

Mali president to bestow medals on hotel assault victims

Officials have yet to identify the two assailants killed in the attack, whose photographs were broadcast on state media Monday.

Nov 26, 2015, 00:52 AM IST

Official warns of security threats after Mali hotel assault

The prosecutor in charge of investigating last week's deadly assault on a luxury hotel in Mali's capital urged residents to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour, warning of heightened security threats as officials struggled to piece together details of how the attack was plotted and executed.

Nov 24, 2015, 22:43 PM IST