Alex Duval Smith
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 06:37
Aid agencies have warned that security issues are harming the health, education and nutrition of children in Mali, where the unchecked spread of Islamist extremist violence has left many schools and health centres beyond the reach of humanitarian programmes.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 06:14
Militant groups paying west African drivers up to £8,600 to transport cocaine to Europe under noses of UN peacekeepers
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:43
French, Malian and UN troops have begun a “large-scale” military operation aimed at preventing a resurgence of Islamist organisations in Mali, the French military said Thursday, following a recent upswing in violence in the West African country.