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FILE - Nigeria players walk off the court after their loss in the women's basketball preliminary round game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. FIBA-Nigeria, basketball's world governing body, confirmed Thursday, June 2, 2022, that Nigeria has withdrawn its team from the women's World Cup and warned of "potential disciplinary measures" against the country because of government interference. Nigeria's government announced last month that it was withdrawing all its basketball teams from international competitions for two years while it completely restructures the sport. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
FIBA warns of possible disciplinary action against Nigeria

By Gerald Imray Jun. 02, 2022 08:17 AM EDT

Ban of African stadiums puts World Cup qualifiers in doubt

By Peter Kanjere May. 04, 2021 03:55 PM EDT
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The African soccer confederation under new president Patrice Motsepe has banned 20 of its 54 member countries from using their stadiums...

In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a U.N. Security Council high-level meeting on COVID-19 recovery focusing on vaccinations, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UK urges UN resolution for pause in conflicts for virus jabs

By Edith M. Lederer Feb. 20, 2021 02:51 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 01:54 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Jan. 26 The Advocate on the local implications of...

Niger's leader: Fragility of nations must be top priority

By Edith M. Lederer Jan. 06, 2021 09:29 PM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Days after attacks on two villages killed more than 100 civilians in his African nation, Niger’s president said Wednesday that tackling...

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2018 file photo released by the Union for the Republic and Democracy party shows then opposition Presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse casting his ballot during the presidential second round election in Niafunke, Mali. Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, who was held hostage for six months by jihadists and considered a leading contender for 2022 elections, has died in Paris, his family said Friday. (Boubacar Sada Sissoko/Union for the Republic and Democracy via AP, File)
Mali opposition leader Cissé dies after contracting COVID-19

By Baba Ahmed Dec. 25, 2020 08:20 AM EST

UN Security Council Back Home in Own Chamber After 7 Months

By Edith M. Lederer Oct. 08, 2020 06:08 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council met in its chamber at U.N. headquarters in New York for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York...

In this image made from UNTV video, Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)
The Latest: Mali notable in its absence from UN meeting

Sep. 29, 2020 12:47 PM EDT

Migrants wearing face masks sit on the deck of a police rescue boat as they arrive at the Arguineguin port in Gran Canaria island, Spain, after being rescued in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. More than 250 people are known to have died or gone missing in the Atlantic route so far this year. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Migrants trying to reach Europe pushed to deadly Atlantic

Renata Brito Sep. 02, 2020 03:09 AM EDT

Asylum-seekers Kassim Diallo and Yamadou Konaré of Mali walk next to the beach in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Kassim, 21, said “I risked my life like this because I was so sad. I have too many problems. But it’s not normal. A human being shouldn’t do this. But how else can we do it? It is tough there.” (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Migrants trying to reach Europe pushed to deadly Atlantic

Renata Brito Sep. 02, 2020 02:21 AM EDT

Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gather to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Hundreds marched in the streets of Mali's capital Friday to celebrate the overthrow of Keita, as the West African country's longtime political opposition backed the military's junta plan to eventually hand over power to a civilian transitional government. Placards in French read "Long live Mali, Long live the CNSP", the french acronym for the junta calling themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, and "We ask ECOWAS to respect the will of the Malian people". (AP Photo)
Thousands in Mali's capital welcome president's downfall

By Baba Ahmed Aug. 21, 2020 01:17 PM EDT

Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of Keita on Tuesday, firing shots into the air and a West African regional official confirmed that the president and prime minister had been detained, following several months of demonstrations calling for his resignation. (AP Photo)
Mali's president announces resignation after armed mutiny

By Baba Ahmed And Krista Larson Aug. 18, 2020 08:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations headquarters. In a televised midnight speech, Keita promised early Thursday, July 9, 2020, to reform the country's constitutional court in a bid to quell another round of protests calling for his resignation. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Mali opposition dismiss latest gesture by W. African leaders

By Baba Ahmed Jul. 27, 2020 07:01 PM EDT

Negotiations resume as Mali's political crisis deepens

By Baba Ahmed Jul. 23, 2020 03:23 AM EDT
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Regional mediators are stepping up efforts Thursday in Mali, where the political opposition has renewed its call for protests so that...

FILE - In this Wednesday April 4, 2018, file image, alleged jihadist leader Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud takes his seat in the court room for his initial appearance on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The trial opened Tuesday, July 14, 2020 of an alleged Islamic extremist charged with policing a brutal Islamic regime in the Malian city of Timbukti after al-Qaida linked rebels overran the historic desert city in 2012. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, who sat in court wearing a face mask and white headscarf, is charged with involvement in crimes including rape, torture, enforced marriages and sexual slavery from April 2012 until the end of January 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
ICC prosecutor says defendant was 'key' to Timbuktu crimes

By Mike Corder Jul. 14, 2020 06:25 AM EDT

A group of local defense force fighters drive their motorbikes during an event to inaugurate a new chapter of the group in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Saturday, March 14, 2020. In an effort to combat rising jihadist violence, Burkina Faso’s military has recruited volunteers to help it fight militants. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Burkina Faso's volunteer fighters are no match for jihadists

By Sam Mednick Jul. 09, 2020 03:01 AM EDT

In this photo taken Friday, June 26, 2020, recovering coronavirus patient Harandane Toure, a teacher in his 50s, poses for a photo in his house in Timbuktu, Mali. Toure started taking malaria pills when he first spiked a fever but his illness only worsened. Doctors then told him he is among the hundreds now infected by the coronavirus in this town long fabled for how inaccessible it is from the rest of the world. (AP Photo/Sidi Yahia)
COVID-19 cases mount at the ends of the Earth in Timbuktu

By Baba Ahmed Jul. 01, 2020 03:06 AM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press upon arrival at Nouakchott Oumtounsy International Airport Tuesday June 30, 2020, in Nouakchott, to attend a G5 Sahel summit. Leaders from the five countries of West Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Tuesday to discuss military operations against Islamic extremists in the region, as jihadist attacks mount. The five African countries, known as the G5, have formed a joint military force that is working with France, which has thousands of troops to battle the extremists in the Sahel, the region south of the Sahara Desert. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
French, Spanish and African leaders meet to combat extremism

By Carley Petesch And Sylvie Corbet Jun. 30, 2020 09:32 AM EDT

Differences on peace progress in Mali amid terrorist acts

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 11, 2020 05:17 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Belgium on Thursday criticized signatories to Mali’s 2015 peace agreement for failing to implement it while the U.N...

FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, a French soldier stands inside a military helicopter during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the troops of Operation Barkhane, Islamic extremists in West Africa's Sahel region are trying to exploit COVID-19 to gain followers but haven't had much success, according to the commander of the French military's Operation Barkhane there. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP, File)
Sahel force fighting terrorism faces growing threat

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 06, 2020 01:59 AM EDT