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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An Islamist group behind public executions and amputations in northern Mali is further expanding its reach, taking in a new brigade of members. The new wing of Ansar Dine, known as ...

BAMAKO, Mali — The two rebel groups that seized control of the northern half of Mali announced Saturday that they have agreed to fuse their movements and work together to create an independent Islamic ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Special forces in Mali disrupted a network of at least six Islamic extremists plotting an attack in the country’s capital, an army commander said Saturday. The extremists were ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A spokesman for an al-Qaida-linked group in northern Mali wants to surrender and be extradited to face trial in his home country of Mauritania, according to a news agency there.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court (ICC) published an arrest warrant on Friday against Iyad Ag Ghaly, the alleged leader of the Ansar Dine Islamist group which took over Timbuktu in ...