BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's former military leader Moussa Traore, who overthrew his predecessor in a 1968 coup, has died at the age of 83, a spokesman for the country's military junta said on Tuesday.

He had burst onto the Malian political scene in November 1968. Based on growing popular discontent with Modibo Keïta, a group of young officers, including Lieutenant Moussa Traoré, overthrew the ...

GAO, MaliGAO, Mali — Two men with explosives were arrested trying to enter the city of Gao on Saturday, the Malian military said, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack that has ...

SEVARE, Mali – A Malian military spokesman says four Malian soldiers died and five others were wounded when their vehicle hit a land mine in eastern Mali. Modibo Traore told The Associated Press on ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s intelligence services say they have arrested two men accused of providing logistical support to the Islamic extremist group Ansarul Islam in Burkina Faso. Malian ...

Jihadists in Mali’s capital attacked a hotel resort popular with foreigners Sunday, taking hostages and killing at least two people, officials said. About 30 people managed to escape the assault, ...

BAMAKO, Mali – Authorities in northern Mali say a former jihadist leader in the town of Gao has been arrested by French military forces. Malian military spokesman Modibo Traore says Yoro Ould Daha, ...