The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former head of the Islamic police in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu for war crimes and...

Al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud led a "reign of terror" in Timbuktu, the ICC finds.

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted an al Qaeda-linked extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali, notably...

Al Hassan Mahmoud was convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Islamist militants' one-year rule over Timbuktu in 2012....

Al Hassan was convicted on charges including including torture, rape, and destroying religious buildings.

The former head of the Islamic police in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu has been convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes...

The International Criminal Court has convicted an Islamic extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali, notably for abusing...

The court said his crimes had involved overseeing public floggings, torture and arbitrary arrests during a jihadist takeover in northern Mali in 2012.

Timber logging is at the centre of Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin’s (JNIM) rapid expansion into southern Mali – the government’s last...

Court accuses them of war crimes and crimes against humanity for directing attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine.