Tuareg rebels in Mali say they have defeated government forces in heavy fighting for control of the key northern town of Kidal.

Tuareg rebels in Mali say they have defeated government forces in heavy fighting for control of the key northern town of Kidal. Several government soldiers were killed, wounded or captured, a rebel spo...

Mali has sent troops to retake the rebel stronghold of Kidal after Tuareg separatists seized local government offices, taking hostages and engaging the army in a fire fight....

Erano stati rapiti a Kidal da una frangia separatista. Il governo aveva definito l'azione come "una dichiarazione di guerra"

Around 30 hostages held since deadly siege in northern city of Kidal have been freed.

DJIBO 19 May 2014 (IRIN) - Fighting has once again escalated in northern Maliapos;s Kidal region, with clashes between Tuareg separatists and the army reportedly killing 36 people on 16 and 17 May. Des...

19 May 2014 Last updated at 20:21 BST Mali's prime minister has said his country is at war with Tuareg separatists in the north of the country. Mousa Mara said troops were being sent there to retake th...

Some 30 hostages abducted by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali on Saturday have been freed, the UN says. The hostages, some of them civil servants, were taken when...

Around 30 hostages kidnapped by Tuareg rebels in a deadly siege at local government offices in northern Mali over the weekend have been released, the United Nations has said. We have just taken...

Tuareg rebels on Monday released some 30 civil servants whom they kidnapped in northern Mali during a deadly siege on local government offices over the weekend, the United Nations said....