U.S. funding cuts have hit a local language learning program in Mali that empowered thousands. The project was backed by $25 ...

Amidst the proliferation of Islamist armed groups in Mopti region, central Mali ... Bambara community leaders; government officials; diplomats; aid workers; and security analysts. A total of 148 ...

Eight people ... Bambara people, and 20 were left dead. Since the overthrow of Moamer Kadhafi's regime in Libya, weapons have travelled freely from the chaotic state in an arc of unrest through ...