The blockade of southern Mali is designed to weaken the military government, incite the public and possibly consolidate control.

Here’s a close look at Mali: Geography: Mali is a vast, landlocked nation that straddles the Sahara Desert and whose borders touch Algeria to the north and Ivory Coast to the south, linking North ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Despite intensive aerial bombardments by French warplanes, Islamist insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on Monday, including a strategic military camp, bringing them much closer ...

April 26 (Reuters) - President Amadou Toumani Toure, a former coup leader, is bidding for a second term in office in Sunday's presidential elections in Mali. Toure, credited with returning Mali to ...