SOAS, University of London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Amadou Bagayoko (1954-2025), iconic Malian guitarist, singer and composer of the famed duo Amadou & Mariam – known ...

Stephen Giles-Medhurst, the Lib Dem leader of Three Rivers District Council and candidate for Abbots Langley in the upcoming Hertfordshire County Council elections, has apologised after being accused ...

In fact, the surnames Bagayoko and Doumbia are both from the ancient lineage (called Boula) of blacksmiths that date back to the time of the emperor Sunjata Keita, who founded the Mali empire in 1235.

Mali has faced profound unrest since 2012 linked both to militants associated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, and to local criminal gangs. The country's military rulers have broken ties ...

FBI Director Kash Patel also announced in March that the federal law enforcement agency had extradited a leader of the violent criminal gang MS-13 from Mexico.

Back in the day, Iyad ag Ghali wrote lyrics for a flamboyant blues-rock band from the heart of the Sahara. He jammed with the guys in the group, pounding out the beat on metal jerrycans, and ...

Greenland’s residents and politicians have reacted with anger to Trump’s repeated suggestions, with Danish leaders also pushing back. Trump also said “I don’t care,” when asked in the ...

COPENHAGEN, March 31 (Reuters) - Greenland's incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Monday that he was looking forward to a visit from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen this ...

Steve Bannon has an on-again, off-again relationship with Donald Trump and other MAGA bomb-throwers, but he probably has a better feel for the president’s rabid base than anyone else. And now ...

Ryan C. Hermens [email protected] That moment of sincerity blended with levity explains so much of why the dynamics of this season’s Kentucky team worked. For the first time in six ...

By Vimal Patel Two of the leaders of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the director and associate director, will be leaving their positions, according to two professors ...

For this reason, I wonder why any sane person would rather be worried about search party leader, Captain Jakpa. Anyone who's main concern is Jakpa, well, eat your hearts because Jakpa, until or unless ...