Mali’s west African neighbours are threatening to send a military force to the north of the country after the military junta in Bamako agreed to return the country to civilian rule ...
Tuareg separatists’ declaration of independence in the north of Mali is “meaningless” unless it is recognised by African countries, French Defence Minister Gérard Longuet declared Friday.
France is worried that Al-Qaeda’s influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to Tuareg ...
Mali’s army is reported to have deserted the military base of Timbuktu, the last town in the north under government control, as Tuareg separatists pounded it with heavy weapons.
France has been forced to apologise to the Sri Lankan government after its post office issued “personalised” stamps supporting the armed separatist Tamil Tiger group, which is banned ...
France and Turkey have signed a long-awaited deal that aims to increase a joint crackdown on the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), the Kurdish separatist group that has fought a long war with ...
Turkish police on Tuesday detained more than 130 people with suspected links to Kurdish rebels in three of the country’s main cities, media reports said.
Rights groups have welcomed a report by the State Human Rights Commission of Indian-administered Kashmir, which confirms the existence of unmarked mass graves in the north of the state.