The Saudi Ambassador to Mali, Fawaz Ben Meshel Al-Timyat, died here on Monday, the Malian government said in a communique released on Tuesday.

In a fresh ultimatum demanding release of four terrorists imprisoned in Mali by March 1, north African wing of the Al Qaeda has offered to free two of the six European hostages in exchange.

Bela Fleck's parents were aiming high when they named their budding banjoist. Fleck's full name is Bela Anton Leos Fleck - Bela after Bela Bartok, Anton for Antonin Dvorak and Leos for Leos Janacek - which puts him in a league with three of the greats of European composition.

A new vaccine to prevent the deadly malaria infection has shown promise to protect the most vulnerable patients - young children - against the disease, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and the Malaria Research and Training Center at the University ...

Radio stations in Mali have been asked to go off the air this weekend as part of a campaign to undermine the region's thriving duplication and cassette piracy industry.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner paid a flying visit to Mali late Monday aimed at securing the release of a Frenchman held hostage by a local Al-Qaeda group, a Malian official said.

Bamako - Malian negotiators said on Saturday they were still hopeful a Frenchman kidnapped in Mali by the north African branch of al-Qaeda will not be executed, just as an ultimatum set by the group runs out.

Dramane Sogoba, Brehima Traore, Mamoudou Maiga, Janice Washington, Anatole Tounkara, and Michael A. Polis Author affiliations: Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali ; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA ; and US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, ...

One of the most remarkable artists of the past century was Malian musician Ali Farka Toure .

A senior official of the Communist Party of China met on Friday with Mali's President Amadou Toumany Toure on ways to enhance ties between their two nations, according to reports from its capital Bamako.

Toujours pas sages from Bamako, Mali and elsewhere share [Fr] everything you wish to know about the Soccer African Cup of Nations on CAN 2010 , a blog created for the occasion by members of French Lingua team Boukary Konate and Claire Ulrich .

Great Quest Metals Ltd. reports completion of the sale of 1.5 million shares of Avion Gold Corporation for proceeds of $1,049,485 as announced January 8, 2010.

In addition to storing carbon, acacia trees like these will enrich the soil and produce gum arabica for sale by farmers.

Madrid - The Spanish government has viewed a video which proves that three aid workers held hostage in Mali since November by the north African branch of al-Qaeda are alive, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday.

Addis Ababa - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Wednesday his country had not received demands for a ransom for two Italian nationals believed to be held in Mali by al-Qaeda. Frattini arrived in the Ethiopian capital late on Tuesday following stops in Mauritania and Mali to seek the release of six Europeans, including the two ...

BAMAKO, 13 January 2010 - International laboratories have confirmed six H1N1 infections in Mali's capital, Bamako, according to the Ministry of Health.

A girl collects rain water from a puddle in Mali's capital, Bamako. Researchers say UNICEF didn't prioritize top killers of children such as diarrhea.

The north African branch of al-Qaeda said it will execute a French hostage unless four of its militants are freed from jail in Mali in 20 days, two US monitoring groups said on Monday.

Modibo Makalou, a senior adviser to Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure, left, and renowned musician and fellow Mali native Cheick Hamala Diabate visited the UNESCO Center for Peace in Frederick on Thursday.

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