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After Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers on Friday, whose arrest in July triggered a bitter diplomatic row, Malian citizens praise the decision. "We were in diplomatic turmoil for a long time, so if…

Some of the last survivors in France from a colonial-era infantry corps that recruited tens of thousands of African soldiers to fight in French wars around the world will be able to live out their final days with family members back in…

The current president of the West African states (ECOWAS) assured that there would be no sanctions against Mali in the immediate future despite their ultimatum, to let the Togolese mediation work for the release of the 46 Ivorian soldiers…

The 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali for nearly six months and who have just been sentenced to twenty years in prison in Bamako, "will soon return to Ivorian soil", Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara assured. "My thoughts are…

A court in Mali has sentenced 46 Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor said. Three women soldiers among the original group detained in July,…

Mali hosted a mission deployed by the Economic Community of West African States. The head of the transitional government Col Assimi Goïta welcomed Ghana's president Nana Akufo-Addo and Gambian leader Adama Barrow. The Togolese head of…

Soldiers freed several hostages in western Cameroon, including a presidential party senator, kidnapped a month ago, and killed a dozen of their suspected kidnappers, English-speaking armed separatists, the army said. Elizabeth Regina…

Five soldiers and 30 "terrorists" were killed in fighting in northern Burkina Faso after the suspected jihadists attacked a military base in large numbers, the army said. Troops in Bourzanga, a town in the northern region which has been…

The four soldiers of the French army operating under the banner of the UN arrested three days ago in Central African Republic and accused on social networks of having wanted to "assassinate" the head of state were released Thursday. "The…

French officers handed over the keys to a military base in the Malian city of Timbuktu, after a nearly nine-year deployment. The ceremony took place near the city's airport, with Malian army officers, officials from the local government…