Baba Ahmed
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 18:30
The annual budget for Nigeria's main militant group Boko Haram could be as high as $10 million a year, a United Nations official said Tuesday, as security experts called for closer scrutiny of the financing of extremist groups.
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 12:32
Mali's main separatist Tuareg rebel group did not sign a peace accord that the government and other armed groups agreed to on Friday, dimming prospects of stability in the West African country.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:25
A suicide attack at a U.N. camp in northern Mali killed four peacekeepers on Wednesday, the country's peacekeeping mission said, raising concerns of worsening security as government officials warn about the possible return of Islamic extremists to the region.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 07:37
A member of an extremist group wanted in the fatal carjacking of an American official in Niger more than a decade ago has been arrested by French soldiers in northern Mali, prosecutors said.
Friday, October 4, 2013 - 08:50
Malian authorities have arrested an army colonel and a group of soldiers whom they believe were behind the recent unrest at the military camp where last year's coup began, a spokesman said Thursday.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 09:45
Malian soldiers and ethnic Tuareg separatist rebels clashed again in the northern desert town of Kidal on Monday, a day after trading gunfire downtown in a battle that has raised fears about whether an unraveling peace accord could lead to protracted fighting in the region.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:35
An official with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali says more than 100 Chadian soldiers have left their positions in the northern Kidal province.