Mali: Three European hostages and Malian politician Soumaila Cissé freed

French President Emmanuel Macron met with a Malian migrant who scaled the facade of a four-storey building in the north of capital to save a child hanging from a ledge.

An undocumented Malian man becomes a French hero after scaling a building to save a child.

Malian president vows to boost security as massacre toll rises.

Jamilla Amadou fled Gao alongside thousands of others in 2012, when extremist groups occupied the northern Mali city. She is among those who have returned to rebuild and uses her skills as a nurse to help the city to heal, despite ongoing insecurity in the region.

Las Maravillas de Mali were once considered pioneers for their unique blends of Cuban and African music. Now, half a century later, they're on tour once again.

THE HAGUE: The trial of a Malian jihadist accused of demolishing Timbuktu's fabled shrines and unleashing a reign of terror begins at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 42, has been charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape and sexual slavery.

Mali's prime minister, Boubou Cisse, told DW that "no one is expected to achieve the impossible" in finding a solution to form a unity government for the crisis-rocked country. His resignation isn't on the agenda.

Islamic extremists have freed French aid worker Petronin, who was kidnapped back in 2016, and a prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse after holding him hostage for more than six months an official said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse died of coronavirus on Friday aged 71, his family and party said, after being held hostage for six months by jihadists earlier this year.

A mother of extremely rare nonuplets is in good health and her nine babies are stable, her doctor in Morocco has said.

One year on from the coup that toppled former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Malians are divided over the record of the military officers who have wielded power ever since. "You have to give these soldiers time to work", says one citizen. According to another, "nothing is going well in Mali today."

Security and health officials in Mali say 16 soldiers have died in an attack in the center of the country. An Islamist insurgency in Mali has claimed thousands of military and civilian lives since 2012.