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(IRIN) – Hunger in Mali has reached crisis levels in the northern Kidal Region and has reached critical levels in Gao and Timbuktu regions, according to food security agencies and the government’s early warning body. One in five households in … read more »
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Tagged Gao, IndepthAfrica, International Committee of the Red Cross, IRIN, Kidal, Kidal Region, Mali, Timbuktu, World Food Programme
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By Karafillis Giannoulis Diango Sissoko, the Malian interim Prime Minister has promised that elections in Mali will take place in July. Sissoko visited Gao in Northern Mali. This was the first visit by a senior government in the region since … read more »
After the US military heavily bombarded Iraq and crushed Saddam Hussain’s regime, then-President George W. Bush was quick to give his infamous “mission accomplished” speech in which he announced the end of major operations in Iraq. But little did he … read more »
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Tagged African Union, France, Gao, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Islamism, Mali, West Africa
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Gao: Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles have penetrated the most populous city in northern Mali, engaging soldiers in combat in a surprise attack two weeks after French and Malian troops ousted the jihadists. The attack in Gao … read more »
AFP – A major explosion was heard late Saturday from the northern Malian city of Gao, which French-led forces recently recaptured from the Islamists, an AFP correspondent reported. The blast went off at around 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) and a … read more »
By RFI Villagers in north Mali arrested two young men with explosives strapped to their bodies on Saturday, witnesses report. On Friday a man blew himself up in the main city of Gao, the first suicide attack of the conflict … read more »
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 — 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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GAO, Mali: The armed Islamist groups who have occupied northern Mali, sharing out key towns, are all acting under the aegis of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), according to regional security sources. Northern Mali’s main cities and administrative regions, … read more »
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Bamako – At least 35 people died in clashes this week between Islamists and Tuareg rebels in the north Mali town of Gao, according to a new toll released on Saturday by a medical source. “There were at least 35 … read more »
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ISLAMISTS have claimed control of the key town of Gao in Mali’s occupied north after fierce clashes with Tuareg rebels left at least 20 people dead. The al-Qaeda offshoot Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Tuareg … read more »
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By Celeste Hicks While all eyes are on the ongoing political stalemate in Bamako, and the growing radicalism of groups such as Ansar Dine, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and MUJAO (Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa) in … read more »
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Mali’s Tuareg rebel National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine Islamist militants have agreed to merge and create an independent Islamic state in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday. The deal … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Gao, IndepthAfrica, Islamic State, Mali, Sharia, Timbuktu, Tuareg people
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Around 2,000 Malians marched through the capital Bamako on Tuesday appealing for foreign help to dislodge Tuareg-led rebels in the north, saying a humanitarian crisis was looming and civilians had been abused. Rebels capitalised on the disarray after a March … read more »
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Bamako – At least 100 Nigerian Islamic Boko Haram guerillas crossed the frontier with Mali and took control of the town of Gao, in the north of the Country, according to Abu Sidibe, local deputy-governor. The news was confirmed also … read more »
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Bamako – Armed Islamists occupied the Algerian consulate in Gao in north-eastern Mali, arresting diplomats and raising their black flag at the building, several witnesses told AFP on Thursday. “I am currently in front of the Algerian consulate in district … read more »
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Malians and the world have watched with surprise as three major cities in northern Mali fell to rebels in just the past few days. But a soldier just back from the front lines says the swift advance by Tuareg separatists … read more »
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Just 12 days after they stormed the presidential palace, the young officers that seized control of Mali in a coup were slapped Monday with harsh financial sanctions that could cause the country to run out of gasoline. The body representing … read more »
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Witnesses in Mali say rebels are making advances on the historic town of Timbuktu. Gunfire has been heard in the area Sunday. Timbuktu is the last of three key northern cities targeted by Tuareg rebels. The rebels secured the city … read more »
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Rebels today attacked Mali’s strategic northern city of Gao, a day after they took the provincial capital of Kidal, two witnesses said. The move deepens the crisis in the landlocked West African nation after a coup earlier this month. The … read more »
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