June 11

• Govt, Tuaregs Reach Election Deal

  VOA

  A senior mediator says the Malian government and ethnic Tuareg rebels have agreed "in principle" on a deal that would allow elections to take place next month and the army to... Read more »

• Gen Kazura to Head UN Mission in Mali

  New Times

  Maj Gen Jean-Bosco Kazura was yesterday chosen to head the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma). Read more »

• Serious Human Rights Abuses in Mali

  Foroyaa

  Civilians are among dozens of people who have been tortured, killed and disappeared, including while in detention, since the launch of the French army's intervention in the country... Read more »

• Amavubi Holds Mali in World Cup Qualifiers

  Focus

  The national football team came within touching distance of getting their first three points in the 2014 world cup qualifiers after a late goal by Mali to cancel out an early lead... Read more »

June 10

• Indirect Mali Crisis Talks Begin With Tuareg Groups

  Deutsche Welle

  Malian authorities and armed ethnic Tuareg groups have begun indirect talks in a bid to resolving conflict in the country. It is hoped the ceasefire meeting will allow nationwide... Read more »

• Uncomfortable Status quo [analysis]

  Cameroon Tribune

  Mali, a hitherto budding and respectable democracy, has not been the same since the overthrow of President Amadou Toumani Touré on March 22, 2012. The coup was masterminded... Read more »

• 140 Cops Set for Mali Peace Mission

  Daily Trust

  Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar yesterday said a Police Formed Unit consisting of 140 officers will be deployed to Mali for peace support operations under the... Read more »

• Al-Qaeda Swaps Mali for Libya

  Magharebia

  Ever since the liberation of northern Mali by French and African forces, some observers have been asking the same question: where did al-Qaeda fighters go? Read more »

• Militants Arrest Suspected State Operatives

  Cameroon Tribune

  Relations between the Malian government and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, MNLA, rebels who control the northwestern town of Kidal continue to deteriorate as... Read more »

• Region Still Faces Danger From Mali - UN

  Daily Trust

  Armed groups in Mali continue to pose a serious security threat to the entire region while African troops forming the core of a U.N. peacekeeping mission deploying next month are... Read more »

June 9

• Malian Army, Rebels Guilty of Recent Abuses - Reports

  VOA

  New reports say both the Malian army and rebel groups are guilty of recent human rights abuses, including arbitrary detentions, torture and in some cases, killings. Read more »

• UN Cites Extensive Damage to Timbuktu

  VOA

  The United Nations and Malian officials are warning that damage to that country's cultural sites is greater than first thought. Officials say ancient mosques, mausoleums and... Read more »

June 8

• Timbuktu's Cultural Heritage More Damaged Than First Estimated, UN Agency Says

  UN News

  Damage to Timbuktu's cultural heritage due to fighting between Government forces and Tuareg rebels is more extensive than first estimated, a United Nations-led team said today... Read more »

• Insurgency - Nigeria Sends 140 Policemen to Mali

  Leadership

  The inspector-general of police yesterday charged about 140 officers and men deployed to form a police unit in Mali to show the highest degree of loyalty to their fatherland and... Read more »

June 7

• Serious Abuses Revealed in Amnesty Report

  AI London

  Civilians are among dozens of people who have been tortured, killed and disappeared, including while in detention, since the launch of the French army's intervention in the country... Read more »

• Need for Discipline, Accountability by All Sides in Malian Conflict [opinion]

  HRW

  Renewed abuses by ethnic Tuareg rebels and Malian army soldiers are a step backward for human rights protection in northern Mali, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 5, 2013,... Read more »

June 6

• Fighting Erupts in Northern Mali

  New Times

  Fighting erupted Wednesday in northern Mali amid tensions between the army and the separatist rebel MNLA, overshadowing the planned presidential elections next month, according to... Read more »

• Rush to the Ballot Box

  Deutsche Welle

  With a state of emergency about to be lifted, campaigning for Mali's elections on July 28 is poised to begin in earnest. Many potential voters are skeptical, but their country is... Read more »

• Malian Army Takes Village From Tuareg Rebels

  VOA

  Heavy fighting broke out Wednesday between the Malian army and the Tuareg separatist group MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) near the northern town of Anefis,... Read more »

• Suicide Bomber Dies in Northern Mali Blast

  VOA

  A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the northern Mali city of Kidal, a bastion of the ethnic Tuareg separatist group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad... Read more »

• The Dangers of Rushing Mali Elections

  IRIN

  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 »

• U.S. State Department On Situation in Mali [document]

  State Department

  U.S. Condemns Racially-Motivated Acts and Supports Negotiations in Mali Read more »

June 5

• Displaced Malians Turn to Survival Sex

  IRIN

  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 »

• France Condemns Anti-Black Violence in Kidal

  RFI

  France has condemned "violence and extra-judicial arrests" committed against black citizens in Kidal in northestern Mali, calling on all parties there to exercise restraint. Read more »

June 4

• Sahel Attacks Prompt Fears in France Over Energy Supply

  VOA

  Security is being stepped up at Western installations across Africa's Sahel region following twin attacks in Niger late last month by Islamist militants. Fears are growing over the... Read more »