Former Malian Defense Minister Ba N'Daou on Friday took the oath as interim president for an 18-month transitional period before members of the country's Constitutional Court in the capital of Bamako

Two pilots of the Serbian Air Force were killed in a crash of MiG-21 plane in the west of the country, the Serbian Defense Ministry said on Friday

A Serbian MiG-21 military aircraft has crashed in the west of the country, the Serbian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Friday

Three Malian servicemen were killed and another four injured in a terrorist attack near the town of Boulkessy, not far from the border with Burkina Faso, the country's defense ministry said

France is ready to back the civil transition of power in Mali on conditions set by the Western African ECOWAS regional bloc and takes note of the first appointments to the Malian transition government, the French Foreign Ministry said

Russia counts on Mali's soon return to civilian rule based on inclusive dialogue with the outlook to hold a free and fair election following the post-coup transitional period, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday

Malian troops should be better mobilized and trained to end the security crisis amid political uncertainty in the country, military leader Col. Assimi Goita said while speaking on the sixtieth anniversary of Mali's independence