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Latest from Mali
A powerful, opaque al-Qaeda affiliate is rampaging across West Africa
The group now commands up to 6000 fighters in the region.
Mali seeks arrest of Canadian gold mining firm CEO
Warrant for CEO Mark Bristow issued for 'money laundering'
'Barbaric': Gunmen kill 100 in Burkina Faso village
It is the country's deadliest attack since it was overrun by jihadists five years ago.
Mali suspended from regional bloc over coup
Leaders demanded release from house arrest of PM and former transitional president.
Mali's president and PM arrested by mutinous soldiers
Military move marked the latest sign of strain on democracy in Mali.
Quite a handful: Woman gives birth to nine babies
It appears to be first time a woman has given birth to nine surviving babies at once.
Jihadist rebels kidnap French reporter in north Mali, video released
Olivier Dubois was kidnapped April 8 while working in Mali's northern city of Gao.
Jihadists claim filmmakers' deaths in African nature reserve
Two documentary makers and their guide were ambushed in the Pama nature reserve.
Africa reaches 100,000 known Covid-19 deaths as danger grows
The continent praised for its early response now struggles with a dangerous resurgence.
13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision in Mali
Macron says a midair collision between two helicopters has killed 13 French soldiers.
'Spiderman' who saved child: 'I was shaking, I could hardly stand'
Malian immigrant Mamoudou Gassama to be honoured by President Emmanuel Macron.
Jihadists attack luxury hotel in Mali
Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans and throwing grenades stormed a top hotel in Mali, West Africa, late last night and took 170 people hostage.
French forces free Mali hostage
French special forces unexpectedly found and freed a Dutch hostage during a dawn assault on al-Qaeda fighters in the Sahara desert in northern Mali.
Paris-bound flight grounded by bomb threat
A Paris-bound flight was rescheduled after Venezuela grounded an Air France plane that French authorities said terrorists might have been planning to blow up.
Questions 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.
Mali: From here to Timbuktu again
James Anderson heads for the ancient city in the desert of utter remoteness.
WOMAD: Musical melting pot
It's the flags you see first. WOMAD, held annually at Taranaki's beautiful Brooklands Park, is littered with them.
Soccer: Wonders of the World Cup
Now that the FIFA World Cup is in the knockout phase, Michael Brown reviews 'The Best Of' after the end of the tournament group phase.