Mali

France's Forgotten War

Mali is old news in Paris. Now it’s all gay marriage all the time.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | APRIL 30, 2013

The Strange Case of the White Jihadist of Timbuktu

Was Abdul Jalil al-Fransi an al Qaeda fighter -- or a French spy?

BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA | APRIL 12, 2013

Vive La France, Allahu Akbar

Islamic militants messed with the wrong city on Saturday night.

BY MATT TREVITHICK, DANIEL SECKMAN | APRIL 1, 2013

Welcome to Cocainebougou

Amid the drug palaces of northern Mali, it's easy to see why this war will be hard to win.

BY YOCHI DREAZEN | MARCH 27, 2013

The Jihadi from the Block

In the war for the heart of northern Mali, the real fear isn’t al Qaeda, it’s the criminals and fundamentalists lurking just around the corner.

BY PETER TINTI | MARCH 19, 2013

Mali's Bad Trip

Field notes from the West African drug trade.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 15, 2013

Speak Softly and Let Others Carry the Big Stick

The problem with the 'light footprint' approach to U.S. military policy.

BY JONATHAN MORGENSTEIN | MARCH 6, 2013

Alone in the Desert

How Camus explains France's troubling intervention in Mali.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | MARCH 5, 2013

Inside the Islamic Emirate of Timbuktu

An exclusive trove of al Qaeda documents found in this fabled city shows a theocracy in the making in Mali.

BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Cracks at the Core

It's not jihadists who are threatening to destroy Mali -- it's a massive culture of government corruption.

BY TRISTAN MCCONNELL | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Death Comes Quietly in Mali

It’s not Islamic radicals or war that’s killing the poor people of the Sahel. It’s something far simpler.

BY ANNA BADKHEN | FEBRUARY 5, 2013