PARIS (AP) – French troops will stay in the West African country of Mali at least until July, amid tougher-than-expected resistance from Islamic fighters, officials have told The Associated Press, ...

PARIS — France will withdraw its troops from Mali nine years after it first intervened to drive Islamic extremists from power but intends to maintain a military presence in neighboring West African ...

“If we withdraw from Mali”, “if the President decided to announce the end of Operation Barkhane”, “if we imagined a scenario in which we had to leave the Gao area”… These days, the French army’s top ...

What exactly did White House Press Secretary Jay Carney mean when he said at his briefing Tuesday afternoon the U.S. is considering helping France with their assault against rebel forces in Mali?

France and Western countries involved in French-led anti-terrorist operations in West Africa will begin their withdraw from Mali, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. “We cannot remain ...

Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

President Emmanuel Macron says France will withdraw its troops from Mali but maintain a military presence in neighboring West African nations. Announcing the move during a Thursday news conference in ...

In a recent report, the United Nations Mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, concluded that, on January 3, French warplanes had struck a crowd attending a wedding in the remote village of Bounti, killing ...

DAKAR, Senegal — France is weighing a total military withdrawal from Mali, blaming soured relations with the West African nation’s military rulers and the arrival of Russian mercenaries, according to ...

Mali’s ruling junta has cancelled the authorisation given to Air France to resume flights to the country, two senior officials and an air transport official said Wednesday. It comes a day after Air ...

The pullout came after a falling out between France and Mali, in West Africa, ending a military effort that failed to drive out violent extremists. By Norimitsu Onishi Ruth Maclean and Aurelien ...

PARIS (AP) — French troops will stay in the West African country of Mali at least until July, amid tougher-than-expected resistance from Islamic fighters, officials have told The Associated Press, ...