Northern Mali conflict

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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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UN To Deploy ‘rapid Intervention Force’ In Central Mali

A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase in...

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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, local officials told AFP on...

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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...

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Rocket Attack On UN Camp In Mali Kills One, Wounds 9

Shelling and rocket fire on a UN camp in the troubled Malian city of Timbuktu killed one person and wounded nine...

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Nine Malian Soldiers Killed In Central Mali Attack

Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded in an area regularly targeted by jihadist groups, as the commander of...

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French Forces Kill Militants In Mali Forest

France has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured...

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Mali State of Emergency ‘extended By 6 Months’

Mali has extended a state of emergency by six months until October 31, a source in the parliament told AFP on Saturday,...

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Mali Extends State of Emergency As Jihadist Attacks Persist

A state of emergency that has been in force almost non-stop for 17 months in Mali was extended by 10 days from...

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Mali ‘Islamist Militant Attack’ Kills Five

Five Malian soldiers have been killed by suspected Islamist militants on Tuesday in the northern city of Timbuktu, BBC...

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‘Jihadists’ Kill 4 Soldiers In Mali’s North

Suspected jihadists on Tuesday killed four Malian soldiers in an attack in the restive northern region of Timbuktu, the...

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Mali’s Defense Minister Named As New Prime Minister

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita replaced his prime minister late on Saturday, naming the defense minister to...

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Mali, France Rule Out Talks With Jihadists After Attacks

France and Mali on Friday ruled out any talks with jihadist groups responsible for repeated attacks on Malian and...

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Five Dead In Jihadist Attack In Mali

A Tuareg-led group in Mali said five of its fighters were killed Saturday in an attack blamed on jihadists, a week...

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Mali Peace Conference Urges Talks With Islamist Groups

Mali’s government should start talks with the leaders of two Islamist groups that have staged deadly attacks on...

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Mali Peace Conference Calls For Talks With Jihadists

A national peace summit in Mali ended Sunday with a call for negotiations with jihadists in the country's north,...

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New Jihadist Alliance Claims Border Attack In Mali

A new jihadist alliance claimed responsibility Saturday for an attack that killed three members of Mali's security...