WorldInside a thriving Chinatown neighbourhood in the heart of West AfricaChinese migrants have created a community in Bamako, but fear the advance of militants. 23 Nov 05:00 PM
PremiumOpinionOpinion: Global aid cuts fuel refugee hunger crisisWorld Vision highlights hunger's impact on displaced people in 13 countries.19 Jun 06:00 PM
PremiumWorldA powerful, opaque al-Qaeda affiliate is rampaging across West AfricaThe group now commands up to 6000 fighters in the region.09 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentTuareg band Tinariwen ‘still fighting through the music’ and coming to NZ30 Apr 04:20 AM
PremiumBanking and finance‘A signal for the whole elite’: The demise of Yevgeny Prigozhin24 Aug 01:42 AM
WorldMali suspended from regional bloc over coupLeaders demanded release from house arrest of PM and former transitional president.31 May 12:58 AM
WorldMali's president and PM arrested by mutinous soldiersMilitary move marked the latest sign of strain on democracy in Mali.24 May 10:48 PM
WorldQuite a handful: Woman gives birth to nine babiesIt appears to be first time a woman has given birth to nine surviving babies at once.05 May 06:08 PM
WorldJihadist rebels kidnap French reporter in north Mali, video releasedOlivier Dubois was kidnapped April 8 while working in Mali's northern city of Gao.05 May 09:11 AM
TravelJihadists claim filmmakers' deaths in African nature reserveTwo documentary makers and their guide were ambushed in the Pama nature reserve.28 Apr 10:15 PM
WorldAfrica reaches 100,000 known Covid-19 deaths as danger growsThe continent praised for its early response now struggles with a dangerous resurgence.19 Feb 08:59 AM
World13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision in MaliMacron says a midair collision between two helicopters has killed 13 French soldiers.26 Nov 09:09 AM
World'Spiderman' who saved child: 'I was shaking, I could hardly stand'Malian immigrant Mamoudou Gassama to be honoured by President Emmanuel Macron.28 May 08:42 AM
WorldJihadists attack luxury hotel in MaliGunmen shouting Islamic slogans and throwing grenades stormed a top hotel in Mali, West Africa, late last night and took 170 people hostage.20 Nov 11:14 AM
WorldFrench forces free Mali hostageFrench special forces unexpectedly found and freed a Dutch hostage during a dawn assault on al-Qaeda fighters in the Sahara desert in northern Mali.07 Apr 05:30 PM
WorldParis-bound flight grounded by bomb threatA Paris-bound flight was rescheduled after Venezuela grounded an Air France plane that French authorities said terrorists might have been planning to blow up.15 Dec 06:33 PM
WorldQuestions over journalists' deaths'It was an execution.' Questions remain about the deaths of two veteran French journalists - including how such an attack was carried out near a UN base.03 Nov 05:47 PM
TravelMali: From here to Timbuktu againJames Anderson heads for the ancient city in the desert of utter remoteness.06 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentWOMAD: Musical melting potIt's the flags you see first. WOMAD, held annually at Taranaki's beautiful Brooklands Park, is littered with them.19 Mar 12:17 AM
