In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire was central to several key trading routes, and with the support of a well ...

The wealth of this man far exceeds that of the world's richest people today, including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

The revolutions in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso against the old colonial powers are seldom understood in terms of Africans’ ...

Many people claim that Mansa Musa, the emperor of the Mali Empire in the fourteenth century, was the wealthiest individual in history. For centuries, the public and historians have been fascinated ...

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Nine civilians including women and children were killed in an attack on a vehicle in Mali's Segou region last week, a civil society group and a rebel coalition said late on ...

And for the chap who did endure the gruelling cross-desert journey to the ancient trading post for the Mali Empire, who could overcome the risks posed by disease and bandits, blistering heat and ...