Suspected members of al-Qaeda have killed a senior Malian military officer at his home in Timbuktu, members of his family and security officials said Thursday. "A vehicle parked on Wednesday night in front of our house. Two armed men got out, two others stayed in the vehicle," a member of Lieutenant-Colonel Lamana Ould Bou's family told AFP by telephone ...

Six local councillors abducted from Timbuktu, northwest Mali, are still alive, officials in the town said Saturday, in what appeared to be power struggle within the leadership there. "The six councillors are alive but they are still being held," a source close to the Timbuktu governorship told AFP. Another witness who said he had seen the councillors Saturday confirmed: "They ...

A man presented as the main suspect in the kidnapping of four European tourists in Niger was arrested in northern Mali Tuesday, a security official in the Timbuktu area said. The suspect was arrested during a shoot-out with the security forces, the official, contacted in northern Mali, told AFP. "It's an important breakthrough and we should be able to ...