FIFA World Cup winner, N'Golo Kante has visited the country of his parents, Mali, after being excused from France's squad for the international break.

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

A separatist group in Mali said an airstrike on a market in the country’s north has killed at least 18 people. Mali’s army said its attack targeted armed militants.

An airstrike in northern Mali killed at least 18 people, a separatist group said, while the army says it targeted armed militants ...

An army air strike at a market in Mali's northern Timbuktu region on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured seven, a local rights group said, while the army said it was targeting terrorists.