More than 50 people were killed near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said.

around 30 km from Gao in a region where groups linked to Islamic State and Al Qaeda have been active for over a decade, destabilising Mali and its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger. According to ...

with local sources telling Agence France-Presse that Wagner mercenaries and Mali's army were responsible. A relative of the driver of one of the vehicles told AFP from the northern city of Gao ...

Mali’s army says it’s investigating soldiers ... week FILE -Malian army commandos ride in a convoy on a road outside Gao, Mali, July 26, 2013. BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's army said it's ...

A medical source said many of the dead and wounded had been transferred to Gao, the main city in northern Mali. A source from a transport trade union said: “According to a transporter who ...

Mali's army said in a statement late on Monday ... in the two vehicles in the Tilemsi region," a representative from the Gao region told AFP. "In total, in the two vehicles, there are at least ...