UN experts have strongly condemned Mali's junta for suspending political activities, deeming it a violation of basic human rights. They demand immediate reversal of the decree, highlighting its ...

At age 21, Serbian chess player Luka Budisavljević is the youngest grandmaster in his country’s history. A grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can achieve, besides world champion ...

A prominent opposition leader in Mali will stand trial next month for ... 160km from the capital. His trial is set for 12 June. Traoré is charged with "undermining the credit of the state ...

Taliban authorities have barred chess across Afghanistan until further notice over concerns it is a source of gambling, which ...

South Africa set to inaugurate a tournament across four events in the second half of the year. It will be the third such regional league for PFL, which currently runs a European tournament as well ...

In Mali on Thursday, two political opposition leaders went missing, sparking fears they may have been forcibly disappeared. Abba Alhassane, 68, is the secretary general of the opposition party ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali ’s military government has announced the suspension of political party activities in the West African country “until further notice,” state media said Wednesday ...

In yet another blow to democracy in Mali, the country’s Council of Ministers ... president of the opposition African Social Democratic Party (Parti social-démocrate africain), told me.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — At least two Malian pro-democracy activists, including a prominent political party leader, were taken away in Bamako by armed men after criticizing the military government ...

Along with Niger and Burkina Faso, Mali now forms part of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), with the trio having quit the West African bloc, ECOWAS. Human rights organisations accuse the three junta ...