Tag Archives: Kidal
(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 »
Posted in Mali, Special Reports, West Africa
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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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At least five people have been kille Friday by a car bomb in the remote north-Malian town of Khalil. The blast was meant to target Tuareg MNLA separatists, who are allied with the French forces stationed in the country. According … read more »
While François Hollande was briefing the U.S Vice President Joe Biden on the current situation in Mali during a luncheon, the Malian Minister of foreign Affairs Tieman Coulibaly, was speaking to a group of students and analysts and french meida … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Amadou Toumani Touré, François Hollande, French Armed Forces, IndepthAfrica, Joe Biden, Kidal, Mali, MNLA, President of France
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In Mali, the French have been the margin between civilization and barbarism. Reading accounts of France’s struggles to deploy a few thousand troops to its former colony of Mali, we found ourselves wondering: Whatever happened to the French Foreign Legion? … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, France, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali, Niger, Sahel, Timbuktu
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French President Francois Hollande arrived in central Mali Saturday, three weeks after French forces launched their intervention against Islamist militants in the African country. Mr. Hollande, accompanied by the defense and development ministers, flew into the town of Sevare, and … read more »
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 »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, France, Gao, IndephtAfrica, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kidal, Mali, Niger
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A couple who had sex outside marriage has been stoned to death at the weekend by Islamists in the town of Aguelhok in northern Mali, officials say. The man and woman were buried up to their necks, then pelted with … read more »
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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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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 »
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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 »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, Gao, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali, Tuareg people
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By Baz Lecocq It’s the end of March. Iwalan, the hot season, has started in Northern Mali. I’m not talking about politics now, I’m simply talking about temperatures (in the shade) of over 45°Celcius / 110°Fahrenheit. The first time I … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ansar, Bamako, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali, Military of Mali, MNLA, Tuareg, Tuareg people
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The independence fighters who have captured most of northeastern Mali from the country’s disarrayed government say they now occupy all the territory they want, will make no further advances and are open to talks. “Our objective is not to go … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, Amadou Toumani Touré, Economic Community of West African States, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali, Timbuktu, Tuareg people, West Africa
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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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Tagged Economic Community of West African States, Gao, Kidal, Mali, Monday, Timbuktu, Tuareg people, West Africa
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Bamako – Mali braced for possible sanctions on Monday after its military rulers pledged to start returning power to civilians but no concrete moves were taken and it was not clear if neighbours would lift threats of isolation. A 72-hour … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali, Senegal, West Africa
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Bamako – The junior officer who overthrew Mali’s democratically elected leader earlier this month and dissolved the nation’s constitution made a public U-turn on Sunday, declaring amid enormous international pressure that he was reinstating the 1992 constitution and planning to … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali, Timbuktu, Tuareg, Tuareg people, West Africa
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The Tuareg rebels in the north of Mali had warned that they were going to take advantage of instability caused by a coup d’etat in the capital, Bamako, to move forward rapidly. And that is just what they have now … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali, Military of Mali, Tuareg, Tuareg people
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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 »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bamako, Gao, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Libya, Mali, Tuareg, Tuareg people, West Africa
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Bamako – Mali’s junta leader appealed on Friday for foreign help to secure the West African country against a separatist Tuareg uprising after the rebels entered the strategic northern town of Kidal. The West African country is an indirect victim … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Kidal, Libya, Mali, Reuters, West Africa
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West Africa’s regional bloc announced late Thursday that it is closing all land borders with Mali and freezing the nation’s bank account in an effort to force mutinous soldiers from power who seized control in a coup last week. The … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Burkina Faso, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Kidal, Mali, West Africa
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Bamako – Leaders of the coup in Mali faced increasing pressure on Monday as Malian lawmakers and opposition figures joined forces to call for them to go and Tuareg rebels closed in on a key northern town. In Bamako, still … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, indepthafrica africa news, Kidal, Mali, Military of Mali, Moussa Traoré, Tuareg people, United States
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Kidal -Sporadic heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal on Saturday, a sure sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing its most significant target to date after two weeks of fighting. Rebels combining veteran Tuareg … read more »
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Tagged Bamako, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, MNLA, Tuareg people
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Bamako – Algerian troops have crossed into Mali to help government forces combat groups affiliated to al-Qaeda, officials and witnesses said on Tuesday. “Algerian troops are currently stationed in northern Mali to assist the Malian army in the fight against … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Mali, News, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, AQIM, Bamako, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kidal, Mali
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October 12, 2011 by benim
Bamako – A hardline Tuareg rebel faction in Mali is working with ethnic Tuareg fighters who recently returned from Libya after fighting for ousted strongman Muammar Gaddafi, and is organising for a possible rebellion against Mali’s government, the spokesperson for … read more »
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