The direct human cost of conflict must be of paramount concern, but addressing these two issues is not mutually exclusive: Collateral cultural losses are often the result of neglect, not mis-prioritization of resources.
The issues surrounding political change in Syria are multifaceted and much more intricate than is being reported in the western media, yet the conflict continues to be painted in simplistic black and white terms.
By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Fighting in Mali has destroyed or damaged many religious artifacts and buildings in Timbuktu, an anci...
PARIS — He has been praised as a war chief in Mali. Now, French President Francois Hollande has been awarded a U.N.-sponsored peace prize &ndash...
Around the world, real impact on environmental degradation cannot be achieved without protecting human rights. The issues are inseparable.
BAMAKO, Mali — Black residents of the tense northern Malian city of Kidal say that rebels from the lighter-skinned Tuareg ethnic group, who curr...
While it's also not clear the elections or MINUSMA will bring peace or more conflict to Mali, there seems to be a longer learning curve at work on peace and security in Africa.
There's no easier way to get a true taste of the local culture than by heading for a stroll around the marketplace. The world over, markets are a place for meeting with friends, checking out the day's offerings, and, of course, stocking up on some of the freshest ingredients available.
If the tragedy of Europe is the failure to see that Africa is not Europe or its offspring, and the mentality that Africa resides at the margin of history, the tragic situation of some African intelligentsia is the lack of trust in African self-development.
When Islamic militants took over large swaths of northern Mali they forced the local inhabitants, who tend to follow moderate Sufi approaches to Islam, to accept a reactionary Taliban version of The Prophet's religion.
A handful of Democratic and Republican senators are considering a rewrite of 60 of the most consequential words to ever pass through Congress: The Authorization for Use of Military Force, which is enabling a system of eternal warfare.
A record number of people were internally displaced by war, violence, and political oppression in 2012, according to a new report by the Internal Disp...
Christmas comes early this year. And if you are good girls and boys, you will now do whatever you must to get your hands on a great present: "Nomad," 40 minutes of music by an African guitarist who's called Bombino.
Fifty years after it became independent, Mali has still to rely on its former colonial ruler to keep the country intact. But France no longer has the appetite nor the resources to play a colonial role. Hollande is having a hell of a time just attempting to rule his own restive nation.
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, April 2 (Reuters) - The United States will seek ways it can help French and African forces in Mali combat al...
PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande says the country's troops will stay in Mali to fight extremists at least through the end of this year. Fr...
Having survived the harsh conditions of the desert and peacefully and coexisting alongside the local populations for centuries, the current political instability and its consequences is yet another stress to this elephant population, already at the limit of its endurance.
DAKAR, Senegal — Islamic extremists infiltrated and attacked the northern Malian city of Gao, the mayor and residents said late Saturday. It was...
DAKAR, Senegal — A French hostage was executed by al-Qaida's North African branch in retaliation for France's military intervention in northern ...
This operation, efficiently carried out, one confronting a multitude of dangers, is all the war in Iraq was not. This lightning war, conducted and won with the support of Malian troops, without one sensing even the possibility of the threat of a quagmire, is the opposite of the war in Afghanistan.
PARIS -- Ten years after the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 20, 2003, which succeeded in ousting the dictator Saddam Hussein but plunged B...
From where did al Qaeda's oppressive, expansionist and misogynistic ideology arise to terrorize us, now even invading peacefully Muslim Mali. How can Islam spawn two such different sorts of believer?
Music, espeially hip hop, has always been at the heart of social and political upheaval, inspiring change and speaking out against inequality and inju...
PARIS — France said Monday for the first time that a key al-Qaida leader in Mali is probably dead. An activist close to the terror network's nor...
When first hearing about the international crisis in Mali, most people will ask, "Where's Mali?" As you can see, most people don't know too much about the African nation. However, in recent weeks, Mali has become incredibly important to the international community.
