In December, Human Rights Watch said Mali's armed forces, supported by Wagner, and Islamist armed groups had committed serious abuses against civilians in violation of the laws of the war.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali’s armed forces ... targeting civilians and their property in violation of the laws of war,” Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at Human Rights Watch ...

has been a frontline in the war against Islamist militancy for almost a decade. Later this year, 250 British soldiers will join a UN mission in Mali. It has been described as the most dangerous ...

A Tuareg rebel alliance in northern Mali has released a Spanish man kidnapped in North Africa on Jan. 17, two of the group's spokesmen said on X late on Monday.