More than 50 people were killed near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said.

According to security sources, the attackers launched a coordinated assault from strategic positions, using automatic weapons and explosive devices to devastate the convoy.

Ohad Ben Ami, 56, Eli Sharabi, 52, and Or Levy, 34, are being released in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners.

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso.

The officer, of the Assam Rifles’ Spear Corps, was 41 years old when his convoy had driven into an ambush by militants in ...

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants attacked a military base in Niger, killing at least 46 soldiers. A tragic ...

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants attacked a military base in Niger, killing at least 46 soldiers. On Saturday, a ...

At least 46 soldiers from the Nigerien Defense and Security Forces (SDF) were killed on Saturday in a coordinated assault by ...