Mali attack

134 Fulani herders killed in central Mali's worst violence yet

Gunmen kill at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali, a local mayor says, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence.

27 dead after Islamists seize luxury hotel in Mali's capital

27 people are reported dead after Malian commandos storm a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with 170 people inside, many of them foreigners, that is seized by Islamist gunmen.