French and Malian troops have regained control with Gao after battling with dozens of rebels who infiltrated the northern Mali town overnight. The fresh clashes are a sign that the fight for northern Mali is far from over, and France may find it i...

One of the Islamist rebel groups fighting in northern Mali has reportedly split into two, with one faction offering to discuss peace and to join the French-led offensive against its former comrades Ansar Dine. The Malian army, meanwhile, has been ...

As West African reinforcements mobilize, French ground troops and special forces are doing battle with Islamist rebels in northern Mali. Mali's military controls the northern border and the rebels may find themselves trapped as the French advance ...

French troops are tonight on the ground in Mali after a request from the West African country for help in their fight against Islamist militants.

French troops will be sent to fight in Mali if Islamist rebels continue to gain ground, Francoise Hollande says. The French president, who had previously ruled out military intervention, decided to grant Mali's request for help after the rebels wh...

BBC Arabic reports that the Ansar al-Din group, which rules the northern part of Mali with other groups, said it no longer aims to impose Sharia, or Islamic law, across Mali. However, it still wants to impose it in Kida, one of its strongholds in ...

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African, UN, and European Union officials are meeting in Mali's capital to finalize plans for military intervention to oust the Islamist radicals who control the country's north. The EU is expected to provide funds and expertise, while the fightin...

In the town of Gao, in northern Mali, rebels who took over much of the country have imposed a hardline form of Islamic religious law. Schools are now segregated by gender, with Arabic being taught instead of the national language, French. Allege...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is making a renewed push for UN-backed military intervention in Mali, to stem the advance by Islamist rebel forces linked to al-Qaeda, and he says troops could be on the ground within weeks. Meanwhile the Pr...