Mali

The attempt on the president's life comes amid several jihadist attack in Central Mali in recent days.

Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez also faces a reduction in rank and a dishonorable discharge for his role in Green Beret Logan Melgar's hazing death. .

"I would like to reassure the international community that Mali will honor all of its commitments," said Col. Assimi Goita.

Macron described the detention of the transitional leaders as a coup d'etat and on Wednesday warned of repercussions, including targeted sanctions.

Assimi Goita, the former coup leader of Mali, seized power again on Tuesday and fired the president and prime minister of the transitional government after they announced a cabinet reorganization without his permission.

The five girls and four boys were delivered by caesarean section to a mother from Mali, west Africa. All are reportedly in good health.

The plane landed safely and none of the 90 people on board were harmed.

El Hadji Hamidou Touré was reportedly abused on the orders of a government official.

The president has warned Europe can no longer rely on Trump's United States—and is busily preparing France and its allies to face off Islamist threats and an increasingly ambitious Russia.

With no water or food, migrants are forced across the border at gunpoint in the searing heat.

The attackers allegedly scaled a wall and kidnapped the young girl as she slept alongside her mother and sibling.

Gaps in the U.S. chain of command may have doomed four Green Berets of Operational Detachment-Alpha Team 3212.

Mohammed Mahmoud Abu al-Maali, a Mauritanian expert on ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the region, told Newsweek the U.S. military had a destabilizing effect.

A new ISIS video, entitled "Assault of the Brave Against the Army of the Americans," shows the last moments of four Green Berets killed in Niger last year.

The State Department has classified these 11 nations as "Do not travel."

Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar was found dead on June 4.

Johan Gustafsson said that his captivity was something between a "prison sentence and Robinson Crusoe."

Mali has played host to a raft of extremist groups in recent years but people's reasons for joining are often the same.

James Krause was declared dead after he went missing on a flight from South Africa to Mali, but his family says he is alive.

Amad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was jailed for nine years in 2016 after pleading guilty to war crimes.

McGowan was kidnapped along with a Swede and Dutch national, both of whom have already been released.

The group kidnapped the Swedish national from Timbuktu in 2011.

Hostages were taken by gunmen as they stormed a luxury resort.

The new French president has criticized France's colonial legacy in Africa, but early signs suggest he may not follow through by pulling out.

Italian authorities told Newsweek that while there are episodes of suicide among asylum seekers, this appears to be the first to have occurred in such a public place.

Al-Qaeda affiliates are active in the region.

Some of the groups were involved in the 2012 northern Mali uprising.

Jihadi groups regularly target army and U.N. bases in northern Mali.

The violence of ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliates threatens to spread far beyond Nigeria and Somalia.

A 2015 peace deal is aimed at resolving the causes of a 2012 revolution in northern Mali.