Aboubacar shared tea and sugary snacks with his colleagues gathered on a mat at a United Nations camp in battle-scarred Mali. He speaks plainly but with a hint of irony about his transformation ...

The Malian blues singer brings his guitar, soukou and calabash to Seattle for a live performance on KEXP. Watch the Bamako musician and his band perform "Maïmouna," from his latest album, Koïma.

President John Dramani Mahama arrived in Bamako today as part of his ‘good neighbourliness’ tour, where he engaged in high-level discussions with Mali’s Transitional President, General ...