Mali's diversity could make long-lasting peace elusive after the French-led offensive ends, Al Jazeera finds. Ethnic Tuareg and Arab refugees from northern Mali describe the conflict as the latest in a long series of battles with the south and say...

In Timbuktu, one of the most important crossroads for ancient African civilizations, two buildings including a library were torched by Islamist insurgents retreating from the city. Jon Snow reports.

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 ...

France is in its fifth day of an offensive to oust rebels that have held much of Mali's northern region since March -- an area larger than Afghanistan. The strikes have reportedly killed 11 civilians, including three children fleeing the bombardme...

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...

Al Qaeda has a new refuge - the deserts of northern Mali. This report captures the food crisis and exodus of half a million people caused by the Islamist enactment of harsh Islamic law in the North of the country.

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...

From the video: Mosaic News - 07/12/12

After Tuareg separatists seized Mali's northern territory during the March coup, Al-Qaeda-linked groups expelled the rebels from their self-declared rule. Now, Al-Qaeda and its allies are running the region's cities. Al Jazeera's May Welsh re...

UNESCO has voiced alarm over the safety of Timbuktu's cultural heritage, following reports that rebels have over-run and looted centres containing thousands of ancient books and documents that bear testimony to the city's extraordinary history. I...