BAMAKO, April 1 (Reuters) - The foreign ... armies are fighting a jihadist insurgency that has spread across the region south of the Sahara since it first took root in Mali 13 years ago.

BAMAKO - The foreign ministers ... countries' armies are fighting a jihadist insurgency that has spread across the region south of the Sahara since it first took root in Mali 13 years ago.

Mali, Burkina ... The grouping kicked out French and other Western forces and turned towards Russia for military support. Their foreign ministers will visit Moscow on April 3 and 4 and hold ...

The grouping kicked out French and other Western forces and turned towards Russia for military support. Their foreign ... are fighting a jihadist insurgency that has spread across the region south of ...

Opinion - History is a great teacher, so too is time. Many Africans were enlisted to fight on the side their colonial masters in World War 11. Some died in foreign land. Some were maimed. Some were ...

A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...

In his memoirs, he explained that this interference revealed the country's strategic importance in the fight against imperialism ... He sent in the French Foreign Legion, which was dropped on ...