What's happening on the ground? A large Malian army convoy left the city of Gao on Monday headed towards the northern Kidal region. It is reportedly to go first to the localities of Tessalit and ...

Kidal and its surrounding region, up to the border with Algeria, remained a centre of its activity. The group conducted and continues to conduct attacks against French, UN, and Malian forces before ...

"Azawad fighters are in control in Tinzaouatene and further south in the Kidal region," said Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesman for an alliance of predominantly Tuareg separatist armed ...