Six months after Russian troops left Kidal under rebel escort, Africa Corps and Mali's army are back. Tuareg separatists withdrew ahead of the advance rather than fight. Bamako has its symbolic win.

The Malian army says it has entered the strategic northern city of Kidal, which was captured around five months ago by Tuareg ...

Mali's transitional government has announced that its armed forces have retaken the northern city of Kidal, five months after an offensive by separatist armed groups.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The al-Qaida -linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin militant group released videos of dozens of Malian soldiers it said were captured in combat and claimed that more than 100 ...

A separatist movement in northern Mali announced on Tuesday it was carrying out "a controlled withdrawal" from a strategic town in the north that it seized along with al Qaeda-linked jihadists during ...

Army enters strategic city after Tuareg separatists withdraw. Fousseinou Ouattara points to role of Malian air force and ...

Mali says its forces retook Kidal with Russian support after Tuareg separatists withdrew under pressure from aerial ...

Bamako(Mali), Oct 7 (AP) Malian armed forces have recaptured the northern city of Kidal five months after it was seized by separatist rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam, ...

Two years after canceling a peace agreement with Tuareg separatists, Mali’s ruling junta is no closer to restoring security to the country, according to ...

Mali’s army, backed by the African Corps, retook Kidal after a 450-kilometer advance, restoring control over the strategic ...