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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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What the Islamist terrorist threat has become is an incoherent pretext to intervene militarily on the part of the west. The only principled position to adopt therefore is the rejection of both, for the self-determination and sovereignty of the peoples. … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Libya, Mali, mali news, malian news, Saudi Arabia, United States
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A decade ago, western leaders’ excessive reaction and inflated rhetoric served to amplify rather than diminish the power of Islamist groups. The same danger now overhangs Mali, Algeria and beyond. A series of events and statements in the early weeks … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Algeria, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malian news, United States
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A Malian soldier checks two civilians riding on a motorcycle in the recently liberated town of Diabaly January 24, 2013. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters) During the course of the intervention in Mali led by France and members of the Economic Community of … read more »
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Tagged Benjamin Wittes, Economic Community of West African States, France, guantanamo bay, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, malian news, Map of Angola, Third Geneva Convention, United States
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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 »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
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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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By Oussama Romdhani Al Arabiya Nobody could have probably better expressed the declared intent by the West to meet the ongoing challenges in the Sahel and Sahara regions than UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Speaking to the Commons, on Monday, … read more »
By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Newspapers The war rages about cities with names such as Bamako and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Benghazi, French Foreign Legion, IndepthAfrica, Maghreb, Mali, mali news, malian news, Osama bin Laden, 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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By Sharif Nashashibi Just 10 days into its military intervention in Mali, there are already signs that France may have taken on more than it bargained for. The West African country may become to French President Francois Hollande what Iraq … read more »
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Tagged France, François Hollande, French Armed Forces, Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malia, Tony Blair, 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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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, France, france mali, French Armed Forces, le mali, Mali, mali france, mali guerre, mali intervention, mali news, West Africa
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The French military intervention into Mali on Friday — France’s second in as many years into a former African colony — was reportedly “seconded” by the United States. This ought to come as no great surprise, given the Pentagon’s deepening … read more »
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Tagged France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Mali, mali news, malian news, NATO, New York Times, Pentagon, United States
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Unpopular in the polls and accused of dithering on the economy, France’s Francois Hollande is in decisive mode when it comes to the situation in Mali. France’s sudden military intervention in its former colony Mali to contain Islamist militant groups … read more »
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Tagged France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, malian news, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, West Africa
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France’s air force carried out an air strike in Mali on Friday as it supported government forces trying to halt a push south by Islamist rebels who control the north, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. Asked at a news conference … read more »
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Tagged France, france air strike in mali, François Hollande, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Konna, Laurent Fabius, Mali, mali news, malian news, United Nations Security Council
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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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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Burkina Faso, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Konna, Mali, mali news, Thursday
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada is not considering a direct military mission in Mali, despite concern about al-Qaeda’s growing influence in the country. “The government of Canada is not considering a direct Canadian military mission,” Harper said Tuesday. “Obviously, … read more »
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Tagged Africa Union news, African Union, Al-Qaeda, Benin, Boni Yayi, Canada, Canadian news, Harper was meeting with Thomas Boni Yayi, Mali, mali news, Stephen Harper, United Nations Security Council
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The West is moving toward a military intervention in Mali, somewhat slowly yet entirely deliberately, due to concerns about al-Qaeda’s control of territory there. An October UN Security Council resolution authorizes such military action, and while the United States has … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Courts Union, Kismayo, Mali, mali news, malian news, Somalia, United States
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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
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Tagged Allah, Ansar Dine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malian news, Sharia, Timbuktu
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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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Abuja – The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have authorised the deployment of an African-led international force to flush out rebel groups from northern Mali in order to restore security in the country. The endorsement is contained in a … read more »
By: Said Temsamani The international community have for some time ignored Morocco’s persistent warning that sub Saharan Africa is starting to transfom into a safe haven for terrorist groups. Plagued by systematic state failure, sub-Saharan Africa’s failed states have helped … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Algeria, Economic Community of West African States, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mali, mali news, United States
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