Thousands of people gathered in Bamako on Sunday for the funeral of Malian music star Amadou Bagayako -- of the blind husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam -- two days after ...

Mali accused neighbouring Algeria of shooting down one of its surveillance drones near their shared border in a statement read out by the security minister on national TV on Sunday.

The diplomatic truce between Mali and Algeria, initiated just a few weeks ago, has quickly unraveled. On Sunday, April 6, the ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Renowned guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of Mali's music duo Amadou & Mariam has died. He was 70.

Amadou Bagayoko was a trailblazer for disabled musicians, namely through his work with his wife Mariam Doumbia in the band Amadou & Mariam.

Amadou Bagayoko, one-half of the beloved Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, has died at the age of 70. The guitarist and singer passed away on Friday in Bamako, Mali, the city of his birth, after a period of ...

Blinded at the age of 15 due to early and severe cataracts, Amadou was born in his beloved Mali in 1954 and passed away this ...