There is evidence that the Mali Empire originated with Sundiata, or the Lion King, as he is known. A few years after claiming the capital of the Ghana Empire, Sundiata and his men continued to expand ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Following an attack by one of al-Qaeda’s most powerful affiliates that killed dozens in Mali’s capital, the group’s message was clear: Its target had been Mali’s junta ...

MALI, Bamako (AP) — Explosions heard in Mali’s capital; army says a military training camp was attacked. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question that you wish someone ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali's army said on Tuesday that the capital Bamako was under control after insurgents attacked a gendarmerie training school, firing gunshots that resonated across the city ...

In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire was central to several key trading routes, and with the support of a well ...

Hauling garbage in Mali's capital, Bamako, can be otherwise grim. The city more than doubled its population in recent years ...

Gunmen attacked a military police base early Tuesday in the Malian capital Bamako where gunfire ... and staff at the United Nations mission in Mali received a message urging them to "limit ...