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German Helicopter Serving With UN Crashes In Mali

A German helicopter with two crew on board crashed in northern Mali on Wednesday in an apparent accident while...

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Top Malian Jihadist Killed As Unrest Intensifies

The Malian army said Friday it had killed a top jihadist commander operating in the country's troubled central region,...

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Macron In Mali For Diplomatic Push On Sahel Anti-Jihad Force

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist...

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Al-Qaeda In Mali Releases Video Showing Six Foreign Hostages Alive

Al-Qaeda's Mali branch has released a proof-of-life video of six foreign hostages, including elderly Australian surgeon...

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Mourners Return To Mali Resort Hit By Jihadists

The debris of the jihadist attack is still scattered for all to see: broken tea cups, charred mobile phones and upended...

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Mali Relaunches Beleaguered Peace Process

Mali's government and armed groups which signed a 2015 peace deal have relaunched talks aimed at speeding up its...

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Mali Ex-Rebels Reject National Charter On Peace Deal Anniversary

Mali's former rebel alliance on Tuesday rejected a national reconciliation charter unveiled on the second anniversary...

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UN Peacekeeper Death Toll Rises After Mali Jihadist Attack

The death toll in a jihadist attack on UN peacekeepers in northern Mali has risen to four, the United Nations mission...

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Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly UN Base Attack

A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group on Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in...

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Three Peacekeepers Killed In Northern Mali Attack

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and eight others wounded when they came under sustained attack in Kidal...

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French Forces Battle Militants In Northern Mali

French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in...

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Suspected Jihadists Wreck Mali Primary School

Suspected Islamic extremists have wrecked a primary school in central Mali out of hostility to Western-style education,...

International

New French President Reaffirms Commitment To Fight Terrorism In Sahel

During his election campaign, France’s new president Emmanuel Macron promised he would visit French troops in Mali....

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Two UN Peacekeepers Killed In Mali

Two UN peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded on Tuesday in an ambush in restive northern Mali, the nation's UN...

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Macron Visits French Troops In Mali’s Restive North

President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first...

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Macron In Mali’s Restive North For Morale-Boosting Visit

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadists for...

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Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’

An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, the first such known occurrence...

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Four Red Cross Employees Kidnapped In Central Mali

Four Malian Red Cross employees have been kidnapped in the country's restive centre, the organisation said Monday,...

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Jihadists Claim Mali Attack That Killed UN Peacekeeper

A UN peacekeeper killed in a rocket and mortar attack in Mali was identified Thursday as a Liberian soldier, as a...