Mali

NASA warns of more climate extremes in 2024 and confirms that the Earth's average surface temperature was at its hottest last year.

Germany will start to pull out its troops from Mali from the middle of next year after a decade-long mission, with the withdrawal to be completed by May 2024, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Britain dispatched 300 troops to Mali in December 2020 to join MINUSMA, a force drawn from dozens of countries aiming to bolster the troubled Sahel nation.

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Heavy gunfire was heard early on Friday at the main military base outside Mali's capital Bamako before easing after about an hour, in what residents of the camp said they believed was an attack by Islamist militants.

EU's Takuba anti-terror force quits junta-controlled Mali

Since the start of August, more than 90 people have died in attacks in the north and northeast of the country.

The battle took place near Niaki, 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of central town Mopti, the armed forces said in a statement.

Dubbed Task Force Takuba, the new joint deployment marks a coup for France, which has sought partners in its long fight against Islamist militants in Africa's vast Sahel region.

France has hailed Mamoudou Gassama who climbed the front of the apartment building to rescue a boy dangling from fourth floor balcony.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Green Beret Logan Melgar, who died in mysterious circumstances while on assignment in Mali, had reportedly declined to accept illicit money from SEALs before his death.

New initiative to raise funds for rehabilitation centres in three African countries.

Johan Gustafsson told his captors that he wanted to convert to Islam and prayed with them.

Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen said a French hostage hopes Macron "will come to her rescue."

The Swedish man has been held by an al-Qaeda affiliate in Africa since being kidnapped in 2011.

Two people from the European Union mission in Mali were among 5 killed in the attack.

Casualties have been reported in the attack unfolding just outside Bamako.

Over 100 peacekeepers have been killed in past months in Mali, making it one of the deadliest places for peacekeeping missions.

Under Sharia, violating Islamic law requires punishment by whipping or stoning.

Members of the public were reportedly invited to take part in the stoning.

Diaby, who is just 17, made the 4,000 km journey to France from Guinea dodging war and bandits.

The Colombian nun, Sister Gloria, was kidnapped last month in Mali by four armed men claiming to be jihadis.

Presence of Islamist groups and recruitment of local residents has inflamed ethnic tensions.

Malian authorities forced to develop an integrated security plan with the support of international forces.

Delegates fail to reach agreement on northern territory of Azawad, which has led to unrest in the country.

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti was abducted in February by four armed men claiming to be jihadists.

Colombian nun was kidnapped last month by armed men claiming to be jihadis.

Attack is attributed to a jihadist group led by a Burkinabe radical preacher Ibrahim Malam Dicko.

Twenty-four men were arrested after raid on Dialoubé village in an antiterror crackdown.