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Envoys from Malian armed Islamist group Ansar al-Din and Touareg rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) are expected to attend mediation talks in the ... Read more »
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A top United Nations official has stressed the importance of preserving Mali's unity while at the same time tackling its humanitarian and development needs. Read more »
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The UN is calling for more funding to help the nearly 130,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in northern Mali. Read more »
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Mali is expected to hold presidential elections in 2013 following the capturing of the north. But a decision by West African heads of state that no member of the transitional ... Read more »
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The United States is pressing for Algerian backing in a pending military action against al-Qaeda linked Islamists in northern Mali. With the two countries sharing a 2,000-km ... Read more »
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French President Francois Hollande has pledged that Paris will only provide "logistical support" to African nations set to intervene in Islamist-controlled northern Mali. Read more »
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Tens of thousands of Malians gathered at Bamako's main stadium on Sunday for a "national peace and reconciliation" meeting called by the country's top Muslim body. Read more »
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France is reportedly planning to move two surveillance drones to west Africa before the end of the year. Read more »
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West Africa leaders have negotiated a deal that will see coup leader Captain Amadou Sonogo step down. Read more »
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RFI's Moussa Kaka is among the first journalists with an international media organization to report from Timbuktu since it fell to Islamist fighters. Islamist fighters with Ansar ... Read more »
