BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least five suicide bombers died in northern Mali on Friday in attacks aimed at Malian and Nigerien troops which failed to inflict serious casualties on their targets, a spokesman for Mali's army said. Full story
BAMAKO (Reuters) - A court in Mali threw out a case against a newspaper editor who was arrested after publishing an article criticizing the leader of last year's military coup. Full story
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian security forces have arrested at least eight people suspected of plotting an attack in the capital Bamako for the Islamist militant group MUJWA, two senior security sources said on Monday. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - Mali's Tuareg separatist rebels dismissed French calls to disarm ahead of July elections on Wednesday saying they would fight to the death if Malian troops entered areas under its control, underscoring the challenge of unifying the West African state. Full story
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali will hold a presidential election on July 7, a key step aimed at stabilizing the country following the French-led military intervention that has ousted Islamist rebels from the main northern towns, the government said on Thursday. Full story
BAMAKO/GAO, Mali (Reuters) - French forces hunting Islamist rebels in northern Mali parachuted into a strategic town and took control on Friday, but a suicide bombing further south and the killing of two civilians by soldiers in the capital Bamako raised fresh security fears. Full story
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere is welcomed by government officials from northern Mali, in Bamako March 18, 2013. REUTERS/Oliver Lang/Pool
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague shakes hands with Mali's Foreign Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly upon his arrival at the airport of Bamako, March 4, 2013. REUTERS/Adama Diarra (MALI - Tags: POLITICS)
France's Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Edouard Guillaud speaks on a mobile phone at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali February 2, 2013.REUTERS/Joe Penney
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson , U.S. Congresswoman Terri Sewell , U.S. Senator Christopher Coons , Force Commander Major General Shehu Abdulkadir and U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass pose for a picture at the Malian air base, where French soldiers are based, in Bamako February 18, 2013. REUTERS/Stringe
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson walks at the Malian air base where French soldiers are based in Bamako February 18, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (MALIMILITARY - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
