Tag Archives: Ansar Dine
Since early 2012, a violent conflict has been brewing in Mali, one that has forced the international community to consider whether or not this North African country is another Afghanistan in the making. The conflict, fought primarily between the government … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
|
Tagged Ansar Dine, Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, malian news, Tuareg people, West Africa
|
On December 23 Islamists occupying northern Mali have destroyed again Timbuktu ancient mausoleums, promising to destroy all the tombs they consider places of “idolatry” . The European Union reacted by the voice of the chief diplomat Catherine Ashton, “deeply … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Mali, Said Temsamani, West Africa
|
Tagged Allah, Ansar Dine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malian news, Sharia, Timbuktu
|
When most Americans think of al Qaeda, they don’t think of Africa. But they should, especially considering a country called Mali, where Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its allies are attempting to build an Islamist state. One the … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
|
Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United Nations, United States, West Africa
|
Military forces of the African Union are ready to enter the north of Mali to suppress Islamist uprisings. The plan of the operation aimed at restoration of legitimate authority must be submitted to the UN by November 27. So far, … read more »
November 8, 2012 by benim
(AP) — War in northern Mali is inevitable, even if some militants there are now disavowing extremism, the foreign affairs minister of neighboring Burkina Faso said Thursday. Djibril Bassole said Ansar Dine’s recent willingness to engage in dialogue with the … read more »
As West Africa’s military intervention looms to end the crisis in Mali, Burkina Faso yesterday led efforts to persuade Ansar Dine, one of the armed Islamist groups controlling northern part of the country, to cut ties with Al-Qaeda. Ansar Dine … read more »
Bamako – A Timbuktu man accused of drinking alcohol was given 40 lashes on Monday by members of an Islamist group that has seized the north Malian city and imposed Islamic law there, witnesses said. “A young man has just … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, News, West Africa
|
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, All Africa, Ansar Dine, Bamako, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Islamism, Mali, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Sharia, Timbuktu, West Africa
|
Senegalese Feminist Forum We, members of the Senegalese Feminist Forum, would like to express our full support for the Malian people and especially to the women who are woefully underrepresented in these critical moments of the country’s political life. We … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Senegal, West Africa
|
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, All Africa, Ansar Dine, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Islamism, Kidal, Mali, Moussa Traoré, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Timbuktu, West Africa
|
The United States has joined many in the international community in condemning the destruction of ancient Muslim shrines by Islamic militants in the northern Malian city, Timbuktu. The State Department said Wednesday it is “outraged” that the extremists have destroyed … read more »
Posted in Mali, News, Spotlight, West Africa
|
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, All Africa, Ansar Dine, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Islamism, Mali, Muslim, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Timbuktu, United States, West Africa, World Heritage Site
|
Bamako – The Islamists occupying northern Mali on Wednesday gave a couple 100 lashes of a whip for having a child out of wedlock as they continue enforcing shari’ah law, witnesses told AFP. “At Sankore Square in Timbuktu, a man … read more »
Posted in Mali, News, West Africa
|
Tagged afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, African news, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Islam, Islamism, latest africa news, Mali, map africa, map of africa, news, news 24, news in africa, North Africa, Sharia, South Africa, south african news, Timbuktu, travel to africa, West Africa
|
As Mali is increasingly compared to Somalia, Afghanistan, African Union seeks UN backing for an intervention By David LewisReuters DAKAR — When Mali’s Tuareg nomads launched a rebellion in January, many in Africa thought it would be just the latest … read more »
Posted in Mali, News, Spotlight, West Africa
|
Tagged Africa news, African news, African Union, Al-Qaeda, Ansar Dine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, MNLA, Somalia, Tuareg people
|
Only days after Tuareg rebels and Islamist fighters announced an alliance for a new Islamic state in northern Mali, the Tuareg rebels have backed away from the deal. An analyst says this latest move points to a dilemma the Tuaregs … read more »
Posted in Mali, News, Spotlight, West Africa
|
Tagged Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, Azaouad, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, MNLA, Tuareg, Tuareg people
|
Bamako – Administrators and parents say schools have reopened in the city of Timbuktu for the first time since an Islamic faction seized control of the tourist destination last month and is working to impose Shari’ah law. Mahmoud Djitteye, a … read more »
Brian J. Peterson Of the insurgent factions that have wrested control over northern Mali from the central government, and effectively partitioned the country, Ansar Dine (“Defenders of the Faith”) has stolen the spotlight. Led by the wily Tuareg rebel Iyad … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, News, West Africa
|
Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Ansar Dine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Mali, Moussa Traoré, Sharia, Sufi, Timbuktu
|
|
Calendar 
