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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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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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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...

International

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...

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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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Jihadist Alliance Claims Mali Attack That Killed 11 Soldiers

A jihadist alliance uniting Malian insurgents loyal to Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 11...

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Steps To Peace Falter In Mali’s Timbuktu As Militias Squabble

Tensions between armed groups who encircled Mali's fabled Timbuktu have prevented the head of a new regional body from...

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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,...

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Key Parts of Mali Peace Deal To Roll Out This Month

Key provisions of a peace deal signed by the Malian government and ex-rebels in 2015 are finally due to be rolled out...

International

Mali Car Bomb ‘kills At Least 25 People’ In Gao

Mali car bomb kills at least 25 people in Gao At least 25 people have been killed in northern Mali in a car bomb attack...

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...