Ansar Dine Group

Two UN peacekeepers and a contractor died in a rocket attack Saturday on a UN base in northeast Mali claimed by the jihadist Ansar Dine group, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel shocked the country.

The Malian army captured two people linked to Islamist group Ansar Dine and seized evidence linking them to planned attacks, security sources said on Saturday.

Jihadist group Ansar Dine today claimed responsibility for two weekend attacks in Mali near the borders with Mauritania and Ivory Coast, and threatened to strike both countries.

Special forces from Burkina Faso have swept into rebel-held northern Mali aboard a helicopter and whisked a Swiss hostage to safety in a pre-arranged handover by Islamist rebels. Beatrice Stockly, her face clear of the black turban the rebels had her wear, appeared tired but in high spirits on the helicopter flying her to Ouagadougou after the reb...

Two UN peacekeepers and a contractor died in a rocket attack Saturday on a UN base in northeast Mali claimed by the jihadist Ansar Dine group, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel shocked the country.

The Malian army captured two people linked to Islamist group Ansar Dine and seized evidence linking them to planned attacks, security sources said on Saturday.

Jihadist group Ansar Dine today claimed responsibility for two weekend attacks in Mali near the borders with Mauritania and Ivory Coast, and threatened to strike both countries.

Special forces from Burkina Faso have swept into rebel-held northern Mali aboard a helicopter and whisked a Swiss hostage to safety in a pre-arranged handover by Islamist rebels. Beatrice Stockly, her face clear of the black turban the rebels had her wear, appeared tired but in high spirits on the helicopter flying her to Ouagadougou after the reb...