American media outlets report conflicting stories about the death of a U.S. Army Green Beret in Mali believed to have been killed by U.S. Navy SEALS also assigned to a counterterrorism mission, and who shared the same embassy housing. Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a 34-year-old from the state of…
Media outlets in Mauritania and Mali say that JNIM, a militant group aligned with al Qaeda in West Africa, has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack on a resort favored by Westerners near Bamako. A statement released to the Mauritanian media outlet ANI by Al Zallaqa, the media arm of the recently organized JNIM…
Talks on Friday with outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh again failed to persuade him to step down amid the country’s political crisis, and RFI reports that president-elect Adama Barrow left Banjul to attend the France Africa Summit in Mali. The two-day summit continues amid tight security today in Bamako, with…