Malian President calls for alert for terrorism

Malian President calls for alert for terrorism

(VOVworld) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita stressed the need to be on high alert for terrorism, one day after the attack at Radisson Blue hotal in Bamako capital, killing at least...
UN peacekeeper killed in attack in Mali's Kidal

UN peacekeeper killed in attack in Mali's Kidal

(VOVworld) - Two civilians and a UN peacekeeper were killed when militants attacked a barracks used by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in the northern Malian...
Algeria airliner lost contact in African sky

Algeria airliner lost contact in African sky

(VOVworld) - Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers across the Sahara. Contact was lost about 50...
UN calls on Sahel region to end crisis

UN calls on Sahel region to end crisis

(VOVworld)- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged countries in the Sahel region to cooperate as many of them are currently facing political and security crises
France continues air strikes on Mali

France continues air strikes on Mali

France's air force launched fresh strikes against Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine in Mali this week. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters on Sunday that the raid...

Malians rally against military intervention

Some 2,000 people took to the streets in the Mali capital yesterday/ on Thursday to protest plans for a foreign military intervention to reclaim territory seized by armed Islamist groups...