Tuareg rebellions

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Malian Soldiers’ Bodies Recovered After ‘jihadist’ Attack

The bodies of eight missing Malian soldiers have been found following a presumed jihadist attack on July 9, official...

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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...

News

Two Dead As Gunmen Storm Tourist Resort

Gunmen have stormed a tourist resort in Mali popular with Westerners and two people are dead, the country’s security...

News

Mali Attack: Two Dead As Gunmen Storm Tourist Resort

Gunmen have stormed a tourist resort in Mali popular with Westerners and two people are dead, the country’s security...

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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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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’s Former Rebels Agree To Join Peace Conference

Former rebels in Mali on Tuesday reversed a decision to boycott a national reconciliation conference after receiving...

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Mali Peace Conference Hit By Boycott

Former rebels and Mali's opposition parties Monday boycotted a national summit enshrined in the country's 2015 peace...

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‘Jihadists’ Kill Civilians, Soldiers In North Mali

Two civilians and two Malian soldiers were killed Monday in an attack blamed on jihadists in the country's restive...

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Long-Delayed Interim Authority Installed In North Mali

An interim authority for Mali's troubled northern Kidal region, a stronghold of the former Tuareg rebellion, was...

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Interim Authorities To Begin Work In Mali’s North

A key step on the road to peace in northern Mali will take place Saturday when interim local authorities begin work,...

Opinion

Mali Arrests Two Suspects In Planned Terror Attack

Bamako (AFP) - Malian officials said Friday two suspected jihadists have been arrested after they planned to stage a...

International

Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Mali Car Bomb Attack In Gao

Al-Qaeda's North African affiliate says a group linked to it carried out the suicide attack that killed at least 50...

International

Mali Car Bomb ‘kills At Least 37 People’ In Gao

At least 37 people have been killed in northern Mali in a car bomb attack on a military base, officials say. The...

International

Germany To Deploy More Troops To Mali

Germany's cabinet has approved the deployment of eight helicopters and 350 more soldiers to Mali as part of the UN...

Top Stories

Mali Sends Back France Deportees

Mali has sent back two people who were deported from France on the same planes they arrived on, questioning whether...

Top Stories

Mali Sends Back France Deportees

Mali has sent back two people who were deported from France on the same planes they arrived on, questioning whether...

Opinion

ISIS Next Place Is Mali

Mali, with a population of some 12 million, and a landmass three and a half times the size of Germany, is a land-locked...

Africa & World

Mali Update – Gunmen Take 170 Hostage at Radisson Hotel in Bamako

Gunmen stormed a hotel packed with foreigners in the former French colony of Mali on Friday, taking 170 guests and...