Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Mali government resigns months before presidential polls; authorities offer no reason

Mali's prime minister Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga and his government resigned on Saturday, a surprise move just months ahead of presidential polls.

Mali siege: Three dead as gunmen take170 hostage at luxury hotel in Bamako

Gunmen went on the rampage at a luxury hotel in Mali's capital on Friday, seizing 170 guests and staff in a suspected Islamist hostage-taking that has left at least three people dead.

Time magazine names 'Ebola fighters' as person of the year

Time said the virus struck doctors and nurses in unprecedented numbers, "wiping out a public-health infrastructure that was weak in the first place."

Man recovering from Ebola quarantined in India

The ministry said in a statement that the Indian national tested negative for Ebola in tests conforming to World Heath Organisation guidelines.

In conflict-scarred Mali, battle with Ebola puts war on hold

On the country's southern border with Guinea, the enemy is not armed jihadists, but the Ebola virus, which has sparked a national crisis.