Senegal’s government has signed an agreement with separatist rebels to bring peace in its southern region, where an armed ...

earlier this year accused Senegal’s government of “choosing the people it talks to,” a trend he said would not help the return of peace in the region. Ahmed reported from Bamako, Mali.

A new mining law in Mali that raises taxes and seeks to hand over big stakes in assets to the state and local investors will need to be loosened up if gold companies are to invest in new projects ...

Senegal’s rejection of its colonial past continues ... The tone was very different from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, whose military governments collectively ejected about 4,300 French soldiers ...