Nearly 100 people have been killed in an attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, officials say. The attack happened in Sobame Da, near Sanga town in the Mopti region.

The slaughter on Saturday of more than 130 Fulani herdsmen in central Mali, allegedly by members of the Dogon ethnic group, is the latest and most deadly incident in an increasingly violent conflict.

Most livestock markets in Mali’s capital are run by Fulani people — also known as the Peuhl — who are believed to be the ...

Festival au Desert started in 2001 as a small Sahara Desert gathering of Tuareg tribes and Malian musicians in the aftermath of civil strife between Mali’s principal ethnic groups. Its centerpieces ...

The attacks on Monday evening on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central Mali, where ethnic militias regularly slaughter civilians from rival groups and ...

In a statement issued on Saturday the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), which groups several separatist groups in Mali's north made up of the Tuareg ethnic minority, blamed the Malian army and the Russia ...