Mali is telling the UN to remove its 12,000 peacekeepers, who had been countering Islamic militants.

British soldiers were operating in the country as part of a UN mission countering Islamist extremism.

President Macron said some troops would remain in the region, but under new arrangements.

The Ukraine war shows France's military might be better directed elsewhere than a thankless campaign.

West African leaders agree to drop the economic sanctions imposed on Mali after a coup.

Eight soldiers died in a rebel attack in the north-east of the country, the army says.

France says growing hostility from Mali's new military junta forced the withdrawal

More than 30 people are killed after gunmen attack a bus travelling to a market.