Here’s a close look at Mali: Geography: Mali is a vast, landlocked nation that straddles the Sahara Desert and whose borders touch Algeria to the north and Ivory Coast to the south, linking ...

Now, as fuel trucks burn on the roads leading into the capital, many Malians fear that beyond the violence, the insurgents ...

GEOGRAPHY: Mali is a vast, landlocked nation that straddles the Sahara Desert. Mali’s north is currently under the rule of radical Islamists, whereas the weak central government is in the ...

Islamist radicals destroyed more than 4,000 manuscripts, some dating back to the 13th century, after they seized Timbuktu in 2012, according to a U.N. mission's findings.