Despite high global food prices, conflict in the north and the onset of the lean season which lasts from July to September, the food security...

Mali has become an established transit route for weapons heading from West Africa’s increasingly peaceful coastal states to active conflicts in West...

Ahmed Toure spends most days squatting beside the only surfaced road running through the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, his face and eyes shielded...

A new family law code waiting to be adopted by Parliament is facing opposition from some Islamic groups who claim it goes against Islamic principles,...

Health experts say the majority of malaria cases in Mali are misdiagnosed, which causes resistance to malaria drugs and leaves other illnesses...

After years of delays the Mali national cotton company, Malian Company for Textile Development (CMDT), is on the verge of privatisation with bids for...

In 2000 the Malian government signed up to UN Education for All goals to help 50 percent more adults become literate by 2015, but eight years on...

Seyba Traoré, aged 11, and his brother Moumini, 9, set out each morning with big bags slung over their shoulders to sort through the capital’s many...

With fighting on 2 April between Tuareg rebels and government soldiers 20 km south of Kidal on the road to Gao, some aid agencies are suspending...

Kidal region Citizens are divided on what should be the next steps following the latest round of violence between Tuareg rebels and Malian army...