Children are carrying out military role, enforcing militants' brutal Islamic law - like beating women for not covering their heads
A post-coup political transition has been unable to gain much traction, Malians say daily life worsens
Foreign and defense ministers from member states met Monday in Abidjan to approve a plan for ECOWAS mission to Mali
Concern grows that November polls could cause violence, a decade after nation ended civil war
Northern Mali residents flock to restaurant in capital city for taste of home
Malian, ECOWAS officials meeting in Conakry with Guinean authorities to figure out what to do about arms shipment that arrived from Bulgaria in late July
Louceny Camara says certain political leaders are using his presence at commission as pretext for delaying elections
Development came just days after Islamist militants pushed further south toward Mopti region
New al-Qaida branch seizes town near Malian army frontline after series of other violent acts
Government tightens security in Abidjan following attacks that it blames on Gbagbo party loyalists, one of whom has been sentenced to prison
Black market 'Western Union' a lifeline to northern Mali, allowing people to quickly get money to embattled region
President of High Islamic Council says peaceful solution to crisis still possible
Isabelle Ameganvi, president of National Alliance for Change party, says Togolese women got their no sex protest idea from Liberian women during that country’s civil war
Rights group says militants use hundreds of kids not just as combatants, but scouts, couriers, minesweepers, cooks and servants
Devastation, destruction are widespread in Plateau state as the threat of more flooding continues
U.S. secretary of state warns against false sense of security despite recent success in containing deadly disease
US secretary of state urges African countries to speak out in defense of democracy and human rights during 11-day tour
Aid seeks to help government coordinate its various security efforts
US secretary of state calls on nation's young people to live up to the legacy of Nelson Mandela and define nation's role in world affairs
Clinton says Syrian regime's days are numbered and priority is to end bloodshed, prepare political transition
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