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And amid the conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, there are concerns that the war in Sudan is being forgotten.","title":"Mali's leader says situation under control following attacks","topic":"Eye on Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/mali-leader-says-situation-under-control","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3551,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/4a6942a2-4322-11f1-a223-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260428-150052-151323-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-28T18:12:33","published_at_display":"28 Apr 2026, 18:12 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Annette Young is pleased to welcome Nina Wilen, Director of the Africa Programme at the Egmont Institute. According to Ms. Wilen, the insurgency in Mali reflects shifting power balances across the Sahel. What we are witnessing is not simply a surge in violence, but a reconfiguration of authority, where Tuareg rebels and jihadist groups, particularly the JNIM, have steadily expanded their operational capacity while state and international actors have lost ground. 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Nigeria continues to struggle with armed attacks by jihadists and armed criminal gangs.","title":"Gunmen kill at least 29 in northeast Nigeria after targeting young people at football pitch","topic":"Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260428-gunmen-kill-at-least-29-northeast-nigeria-after-targeting-young-people-football-pitch","video_url":null},{"author":"Clarisse FORTUN\u00c9","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3554,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/c24a054e-42d3-11f1-a3fd-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/capture-100682595869f06174a53c75-34846807.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-27T21:21:06","published_at_display":"27 Apr 2026, 21:21 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"In tonight's edition: Two days after a wave of coordinated attacks across the country, Mali remains on edge. Also, 42 people are killed in Chad after a clash between two families over a water point escalated into a cycle of reprisals. Plus Kenya's Sabastian Sawe smashes the two-hour barrier at the London Marathon.","title":"Tuareg rebels in control of Mali's Kidal","topic":"Eye on Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tuareg-rebels-in-control-of-kidal","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3351,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/90b8aaec-414f-11f1-ac7f-005056a90284/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260426-101739-101938-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-26T09:18:05","published_at_display":"26 Apr 2026, 09:18 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group said Saturday that its fighters had joined forces with Tuareg rebels to launch attacks against the army across junta-ruled Mali. Helicopters buzzed over Bamako and around the international airport and fighting was reported at a nearby military base in what was one of the most complex attacks in years in the impoverished west African country.","title":"Armed groups claim attacks across Mali","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/armed-groups-claim-attacks-across-mali","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE 24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3347,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/34a652ac-4147-11f1-b891-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/2026-04-25T123749Z-1752871624-RC2CWKAXNETP-RTRMADP-3-MALI-SECURITY.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-26T07:52:33","published_at_display":"26 Apr 2026, 07:52 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Fighting continued in the northern Mali city of Kidal on Sunday as the army clashed with Tuareg rebels. The rebels on Saturday worked with jihadists to launched coordinated attacks across the country targeting major cities and government leaders.","title":"New fighting erupts in northern Mali's Kidal as army clashes with Tuareg rebels","topic":"Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260426-new-fighting-erupts-in-north-mali-s-kidal-as-army-clashes-with-rebels","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3310,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/4bb54354-40b6-11f1-8b13-005056bf30b7/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260425-160424-160857-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-25T15:06:25","published_at_display":"25 Apr 2026, 15:06 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"The coordinated attacks on Mali's capital of Bamako represent a \"dramatic setback\" for the junta-led government, said Andrew Lebovich, Research Fellow with Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit. Lebovich said the attacks also showed how tenuous the security situation in Mali is with authorities along with their Russian partners struggling to prevent the attacks in and around the capital.","title":"Attacks on Bamako a 'dramatic setback' for Malian government","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/attacks-on-bamako-a-dramatic-setback-for-malian-government","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3306,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/dc8461c4-40a4-11f1-bb38-005056bfb2b6/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260425-140927-141320-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-25T12:50:31","published_at_display":"25 Apr 2026, 12:50 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"The army in junta-ruled Mali said on Saturday it was battling what it called \u201cterrorist groups\u201d that launched surprise attacks around the capital Bamako and other parts of the West African nation. The attacks were claimed by the Azawad Liberation Front, a separatist group that has been fighting the Malian army for more than a decade. FRANCE 24 journalist Justice Baidoo reported that the FLA has largely been confined to northern Mali in recent years.","title":"FLA claims attacks on Malian capital","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/fla-claims-attacks-on-malian-capital","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3304,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/60eb0b8c-4098-11f1-9658-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260425-130311-130548-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-25T11:26:16","published_at_display":"25 Apr 2026, 11:26 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Gunmen launched a wave of coordinated assaults across Mali early Saturday, striking the capital Bamako as well as key northern cities including Kidal and Gao. FRANCE 24's Justice Baidoo reports.","title":"Coordinated attacks hit Bamako and Northern Mali","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/coordinated-attacks-hit-bamako-and-northern-mali","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3297,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/e8cfa8e4-4090-11f1-84e8-005056bf30b7/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260425-120118-120515-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-25T10:29:40","published_at_display":"25 Apr 2026, 10:29 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Mali's army said Saturday that it was fighting \"terrorist groups\" that had attacked army barracks in the capital Bamako and other areas in the African nation. Witnesses reported gunfire in several cities in the military-ruled state and an army statement said: \"Terrorist groups, not yet identified, early this morning targeted certain points and barracks in the capital and the interior.\" FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr said it is still \"too soon to tell\" if the country's military junta will fall.","title":"Gunfire rocks Bamako: 'Too soon to tell' if junta will fall","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/mali-army-says-fighting-terrorist-groups-amidst-gunfire","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3294,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/8e5f20e6-408c-11f1-bedf-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/EN-20260424-214358-214532-CS.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-25T09:56:11","published_at_display":"25 Apr 2026, 09:56 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"People from the Western Tigray region in Ethiopia told Human Rights Watch that they had been arbitrarily detained and treated as second class citizens, FRANCE 24's Tom Canetti said, adding that there are more than 800,000 internally displaced people in Tigray.","title":"'Dire humanitarian crisis': Hundreds of thousands displaced in Ethiopia's Tigray","topic":null,"translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/dire-humanitarian-crisis-hundreds-of-thousands-displaced-in-ethiopia-s-tigray","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE 24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3293,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/fba319f8-4089-11f1-9833-005056a97e36/w:1024/p:16x9/2026-04-25T092444Z-470345488-RC26WKAN78NT-RTRMADP-3-MALI-SECURITY.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-25T09:35:38","published_at_display":"25 Apr 2026, 09:35 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities early Saturday. Mali\u2019s army said its soldiers were \u201cengaged in eliminating the attackers\u201d, while Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition said they had captured the northern city of Kidal. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.","title":"Mali's army clashes with \u2018terrorist\u2019 groups, Tuareg rebels claim they seized Kidal","topic":"Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260425-mali-live-army-says-armed-terrorist-groups-launch-attacks-on-military-positions-nationwide","video_url":null},{"author":"FRANCE 24","downloadable_assets":[],"embed_url":null,"id":3289,"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/13a091d2-40e1-11f1-8d26-005056a90284/w:1024/p:16x9/000-A8XP2KE.jpg","item_type":"article","item_type_label":"Headline","media_credit":null,"micro_label":null,"micro_label_kind":null,"published_at":"2026-04-25T09:06:36","published_at_display":"25 Apr 2026, 09:06 GMT","sequence_badge_label":null,"sequence_count":null,"sequence_count_label":null,"sequence_frames":[],"sequence_kind":null,"source_name":"france24_africa","source_name_label":"France 24 Africa","source_type":"rss","summary":"An Al-Qaeda affiliate \u200band Tuareg rebels claimed responsibility on Saturday for coordinated attacks across Mali, in one of the boldest operations insurgents have launched in their campaign against the military-led government.","title":"Jihadist and Tuareg rebels claim attacks across Mali","topic":"Africa","translation_language":"","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260425-mali-army-says-armed-terrorist-groups-attacked-military-positions","video_url":null}],"next_num":22,"page":21,"pages":26,"per_page":20,"prev_num":20,"total":506}