UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)
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July 27
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Mali: Frustration and Hope Ahead of Mali's Polls
Malians vote on 28 July in the first ever polls since a military coup and an insurgency 16 months ago set off violence and instability hoping to turn the page on the turbulent... Read more »
July 26
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Mali: Malian Refugees Trickling Back Home
Malians are slowly returning from refuge in neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger as stability improves more than a year after a military coup and an insurgency shook the... Read more »
July 04
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West Africa: UN Asks for U.S.$1.7 Billion for Sahel
Humanitarian agencies have revised upwards their appeal to help Sahelians affected by hunger, malnutrition, impoverishment and conflict to US$1.7 billion, said UN Regional... Read more »
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Mali: Chaka Dagnoko - Mechanic, Mali
Name: Chakana Dagnoko Read more »
July 02
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Mali: Tembely Coulibaly - Restaurateur, Mali
Name: Mama Tembely Coulibaly Read more »
July 01
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Mali: UN Peacekeepers Take Over in Mali
UN peacekeepers today took over the role of African troops in helping to stabilize and protect northern Mali, with a plan to build up to 12,640 troops - most of them African - by... Read more »
June 21
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Mali: Trouble in Timbuktu - Northern Mali After the Islamist Occupation
Almost five months after French troops liberated Timbuktu from Islamist fighters, the ancient desert town, like much of northern Mali, is struggling to recover from the effects of... Read more »
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Mali: New IRIN film series: Trouble in Timbuktu
Almost five months after French troops liberated Timbuktu from Islamist fighters, the ancient desert town, like much of northern Mali, is struggling to recover from the effects of... Read more »
June 06
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Mali: The Dangers of Rushing Mali Elections
As international donors, notably France and the USA, as well as the Economic Community of West African States, push for July presidential elections in Mali, critics say doing so... Read more »
June 05
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Mali: Displaced Malians Turn to Survival Sex
More displaced women and girls - some as young as 13 - are turning to sex work to get by in Mali where 14 months of occupation and conflict have forced 475,000 people from their... Read more »
May 06
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Mali: Little Support, No Justice for Mali Rape Survivors
During the rebel takeover of northern Mali in April 2012, many women said they were subjected to rape or sexual assault. Since then, little or no support has come through for these... Read more »
April 15
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Mali: Torture, Beatings and Death for Detained Malians
Hundreds of northern Malians - many of them ethnic Tuaregs - have been detained by the Malian army since the French military intervention to oust Islamist groups from northern Mali... Read more »
April 18
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Mali: Negotiating Aid Delivery in Mali's Conflict Zones
Aid agencies managed to work in northern Mali throughout its occupation by Islamist militants in 2012 and the new complications triggered by the French-led military campaign... Read more »
April 22
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Mali: Plea for Return of Officials to Northern Mali
Residents in the northern Mali towns of Gao and Timbuktu are calling for the rapid return of officials to re-start basic services and help run their towns, which they say are in a... Read more »
April 15
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Mali: Moussa Ibrahim, Detained in Mali - "They Accused Me of Supporting the Islamists" [interview]
Moussa Ibrahim is a 40-year-old ethnic Songhai restaurant owner in the Malian town of Timbuktu. He was arrested in February of this year on suspicion of supporting Islamist group... Read more »
April 12
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Mali: Hunger At Crisis Levels in Northern Mali
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... Read more »
April 17
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Mali: Malian Refugees Face Abject Conditions, Long Displacement
Some 70,000 Malian refugees in Mauritania are facing enormous hardships and, as political and ethnic tensions persist back home, the prospect of a prolonged displacement. Read more »
April 08
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Mali: Mounting Crisis for Conflict-Hit Northern Mali Pastoralists
Ongoing fighting and the fear of reprisal killings has severely disrupted normal migration patterns for pastoralists in northern Mali, putting them and their families in danger of... Read more »
March 19
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Mali: Abandoned Munitions Endanger Lives
Air and ground battles have left Mali's central and northern regions littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO), seriously endangering the lives of children and the return of... Read more »
March 15
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Mali: Call to End Neglect of Emergency Education in Mali
Aid workers and experts are calling for more attention to education in Mali, where 200,000 children are out of school due to the crisis but where money for emergency education has... Read more »
March 12
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Mali: How to Tackle Mali's Crisis in the Long Term [analysis]
As humanitarian agencies grapple with a deepening displacement and food security crisis in Mali, analysts point to the need for deep-seated reforms in the government and army if... Read more »
March 04
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Mali: The Returns Challenge in Mali
Nearly 3,000 Malians who fled towns and villages in the north when armed men occupied their homeland have headed home, but the vast majority are staying put in the south or in... Read more »
February 20
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Mali: Hope for Mali's Gao Residents As Road Opens
Since military intervention began over a month ago in northern Mali, the city of Gao has been cut off from major markets, leading to shortages of basic goods, skyrocketing food... Read more »
February 18
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Mali: The Regional Threat Posed By Mali's Militants
Militant Islamists fleeing northern Mali under pressure from French forces could undermine security in neighbouring countries from where some of the fighters are believed to hail.... Read more »
February 12
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Mali: What's the Way Forward for Mali? [interview]
The French military offensive in Mali halted militant Islamists' drive southwards and dislodged them from parts of the northern region, but the fight is far from over, and the... Read more »
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