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Mali and its international partners need to seize the moment for national dialogue to forestall renewed political and security crises. Mali: Security, Dialogue and Meaningful Reform, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the situation in Mali after … read more »
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Tagged Bamako, France, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Mali, Tuareg, Tuareg people, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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(AFP) GENEVA — The United Nations will appoint an independent expert to investigate and help improve the human rights situation in war-torn Mali, the UN Human Rights Council decided Thursday. The 47 members of the UN’s top human rights body … read more »
Joan Nimarko Although witnessed in the full glare of the international community, Mali’s descent into war appeared remarkable even against the backdrop of a volatile sub region. In little over a year, the country has plunged from rebellion, to coup … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Bamako, France, French Armed Forces, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Military of Mali, United States
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A suicide bomber has blown himself up near a group of Malian security troops in the central town of Gao, reports AP. The Malian army is currently fighting to wrest the north of the country from the hands of Islamist … read more »
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BAMAKO — Cries of disappointment erupted in Bamako on Wednesday as Nigeria thrashed Mali, dashing hopes of a football win to lighten the mood of a nation entangled in a bitter war against religious extremists. “Ah, poor Mali!” moaned supporters … read more »
By Gregory R. Copley The Mali War will be neither simple nor quick, ‘though the players all wish it so. Timboctou, almost a year in the hands of militants, had fallen to French and Malian forces by January 29, 2013. … read more »
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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 »
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Tagged Ansar Dine, Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, malian news, Tuareg people, West Africa
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BAMAKO — French air strikes destroyed the home of the leader of an Al-Qaeda-linked group in northern Mali as French-led forces advanced Sunday on the Islamist stronghold of Timbuktu. The overnight strikes in Kidal came 24 hours after French-led troops … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, France, Gao, IndephtAfrica, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kidal, Mali, Niger
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President Obama’s inauguration finally trumped, if only temporarily, the bad news coming out of Mali and Algeria. From the front pages of U.S. newspapers, Americans have been getting a crash course in North Africa’s desolate Sahel region and our fight … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, Algeria news, Bamako, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, Sahel, United States
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The Real Stakes of the War Rocking West Africa A Malian soldier peeks through a doorway behind which Malian and French soldiers are stationed in Niono. (Joe Penney / Courtesy Reuters) The last few months have shaken Mali to its … read more »
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Tagged Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, France, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malian news, New York Times, Tuareg people, West Africa
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Expert says France fights to protect Europe’s ‘backyard’ Malian soldiers, helped by French troops, move a broken helicopter out a hangar to make room for more incoming troops at Bamako’s airport. The French military action in Mali serves not only … read more »
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French fighter jets pounded an Islamist rebel stronghold deep in northern Mali on Sunday as Paris poured more troops into the capital Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country’s north. The attack on … read more »
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BAMAKO — Islamist fighters who have controlled northern Mali for months seized a government town in the country’s centre on Thursday and vowed to push further south, an Islamist official told AFP. Abdou Dardar, from the Ansar Dine group, said … read more »
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On 21 December the UN Security Council approved sending an African-led intervention force to help Mali’s army reconquer the north of the country from Islamist militants. With ECOWAS and the army warily preparing an offensive, the country is now split. by … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United States
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France and African countries are eager to receive soon the green light from the UN for of an international internvention force in northern Mali that is under total control of Islamist insurgents. However, this urgent call is facing skepticism from Washington, … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Mali, Said Temsamani, West Africa
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Tagged Bamako, Ban Ki-moon, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United States
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Mali’s president has named a longtime public servant as the country’s new prime minister, hours after the position’s former occupant was arrested and forced to resign by the soldiers behind a spring coup. The presidential decree read on state television … read more »
On December 10 the Ministers of Defense of the 5+5 Initiative held a meeting in Rabat to assess the current situation in Mali and to seek ways of how to resolve the insecure situation prevailing in that part of Africa. … read more »
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Tagged Algeria, Bamako, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Morocco, Sahel, United Nations Security Council
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SINCE MARCH, no fewer than four crises have shaken the foundations of Mali, West Africa’s landlocked heart. First, a military coup toppled the country’s democratically elected government and ended the exercise of civilian authority. Second, Libyan weapons and resources spilling … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Coup d'état, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Sharia, United States, West Africa
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Bamako – Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra resigned on Tuesday, hours after he was arrested at home by soldiers acting on the orders of former coup leader Amadou Sanogo. “I, Cheick Modibo Diarra, resign with my government,” Diarra said … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Diarra, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, United Nations Security Council, United States, West Africa
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By Soumaila T. Diarra, IPS Bamako — West African heads of state have restated their determination that no member of Mali’s transitional government will be allowed to stand in the country’s next presidential election. Their statement has fed a growing … read more »
By Gregory Mann Nobody seems to know what to do about Mali. In late September, the world’s biggest tradeshow in global governance – the UN General Assembly – wound down having made no real decisions on a course of action … read more »
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Tagged Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Mali, Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, Security Council, United Nations Security Council, United States
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By Celeste Hicks In all the depressing headlines about Mali becoming West Africa’s ‘new Afghanistan’, or the frustrated editorials about the country’s apparent political paralysis (the ICG’s Gilles Yabi recently said “it’s as if Mali has fallen into a coma”) … read more »
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the economist ATTACKS on Western diplomatic posts in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia have put the spotlight on Muslim extremists in north Africa. But farther south, in the Sahara desert, is where groups with ties to al-Qaeda have made most headway. … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Sahara, Timbuktu
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Mali’s government says it has launched an investigation into the shooting deaths of 16 Islamic preachers at a military checkpoint in the country’s central region. In a statement Sunday, the government said eight Malians and eight Mauritanians had been killed … read more »
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Tagged Bamako, Diabaly, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Mali, Mauritania, Sahara, Ségou Region, Sunday
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By: VOA By Anne Look Mali’s interim leader Dioncounda Traore requested thatthe West African regional bloc ECOWAS provide “military assistance” to recover occupied territory in the north and fight terrorism. The reported request was made in a letter delivered to … read more »
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Tagged Alassane Ouattara, Bamako, Burkina Faso, Douentza, Economic Community of West African States, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United Nations Security Council, West Africa
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Mali has announced a new government of national unity, five months after a military coup ousted the country’s elected government. The new government replaces a transitional government created in April that was plagued by infighting. It has 31 posts and … read more »
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Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traore has called for talks with militant Islamists who have captured the north. He made the call in his first national address after returning last week following a two-month absence. He had been recovering in Paris … read more »
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Bamako – An army officer and a religious leader have been arrested by armed men in Bamako as part of an investigation into an attempted counter coup, family members said on Saturday. “We have not heard any news. We are … read more »
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Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore returned to Bamako on Friday amid tight security. He stayed for two months in Paris for medical treatment after he was attacked by a mob in his office. “I forgive my attackers,” the 70-year-old said … read more »
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Six armed militias in Mali have joined forces and say they will retake the country’s north from Islamist and rebel groups in control of the territory since April. The Patriotic Forces of Resistance [FPR] says it will fight the Islamist … read more »
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