Traoré has been held in prison since her arrest, the Reuters news agency reported. Traore’s support campaign says her daughter, now aged nine, has lived in Mali since the age of four months.

Burkina has been fighting Islamist insurgents, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, since they spread into its territory from neighbouring Mali almost a decade ago. Traore vowed to do ...

A Paris appeals court has conditionally released the Malian singer Rokia Traoré but said she can be extradited to Belgium over a child custody dispute. Ms Traoré was detained at Charles de ...