Mali Conflict in Bloodiest Phase Yet
Malian soldiers sit together as they drink coffee at a checkpoint in Gao March 4, 2013. France said on Sunday a third French soldier had been killed in fierce fighting with Islamist rebels in northern...
View ArticleRed Cross Appeals for $43 Million for War-Hit Mali
A Malian Special Forces soldier speaks to a child during a hunt for Islamist fighters in Mali, on April 9, 2013. (AFP Photo) Geneva. The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help...
View ArticleChina Offers 500 Troops to UN Mali Force: Envoy
Malian soldiers practise marksmanship during a European Union training mission session in Koulikoro on May 17, 2013. (Reuters Photo/David Lewis) China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the...
View ArticleDoubts Over Mali Plan for Nationwide Elections
President of Mali Dioncounda Traore, left, speaks with French Foreign minister Laurent Fabius prior a meeting on May 28, 2013 in Bamako. (AFP Photo/Habibou Kouyate) Bamako. Malians have welcomed news...
View ArticleLibya Becomes ‘the New Mali’ as Islamists Shift in Sahara
President of Mali Dioncounda Traore (L) speaks with French Foreign minister Laurent Fabius prior a meeting on May 28, 2013 in Bamako. (AFP Photo/ Habibou Kouyate) Bamako. Suicide attacks on a...
View ArticleMali Lifts State of Emergency in Place Since January
Bamako. Mali lifted a five-month state of emergency on Saturday, the eve of the start of a presidential election campaign for July 28 polls in the troubled west African nation, the security ministry...
View ArticleMali’s New Leader Vows to Unite Divided Nation
Mali’s newly elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (L) speaks with Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore during a visit to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, on August 31. (AFP Photo/Ahmed...
View ArticleJihadists Cowed But Not Beaten in Gao
Colonel Diarra, commander of Gao’s defense stands by a building on October 16, 2013 showing scars of a rocket attack on October 7.A year after Islamist fighters took the upper hand in northern towns...
View ArticleAt Least Three Killed in North Mali Rocket Attack, Say UN
Bamako. Unknown attackers fired dozens of rockets towards a UN base on the outskirts of the north Malian town of Kidal early on Sunday, killing at least three people, the United Nations said. The...
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