TIMBUKTU, Mali Troops from France and Chad moved into Kidal in an effort to secure the strategic north Malian city, a French official said Tuesday, as the international force put further pressure on ...

Mali’s military has redeployed in the northern town of Kidal six years after being driven out of the former rebel stronghold. Around 300 Malian troops entered the town escorted by peacekeepers from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Adama Diarra KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - A gunbattle erupted between the Malian army and MNLA Tuareg separatists in the northern ...

BAMAKO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Mali's army said on Tuesday it had taken the northern rebel stronghold of Kidal after carrying out a raid that inflicted heavy losses on armed insurgents. Ethnic Tuareg ...

BAMAKO, MaliBAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s leader says the military has seized control of the rebel stronghold town of Kidal after nearly a decade. Nick Canepa’s Report Card: Chargers pull A’s in win over ‘Big ...

KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - A U.N. peacekeepers' camp near Kidal in Mali came under mortar fire on Thursday, the U.N. mission said, shortly before a scheduled visit by the prime minister, the first to the ...

Mali's military has taken the northern town of Kidal from rebel groups. But experts fear that possible fresh attacks might jeopardize lasting peace. Mali's army has recaptured the strategically ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's army and Russian mercenaries killed dozens of civilians during a military operation last month in northern Mali, civil organization and community members alleged Friday, ...

Fighting resumed Sunday between the Malian army and Tuareg separatist and rebel groups in the country's northern region, military officers and elected officials said. Since seizing power in a coup in ...

DAKAR — Mali is reportedly readying its troops to retake the far northeastern town of Kidal. Kidal is currently controlled by the Tuareg separatist group, the MNLA, which says it will negotiate but ...

When it’s not improvised explosive devices (IEDs), rockets or mortar shelling, it’s suicide bombers targeting the blue helmets. The MINUSMA camp in Kidal is one of the most attacked UN camps in the ...