Demonstrators Take Mali's Conflict to French Parliament
Supporters and opponents of the breakaway Tuareg state, in the north calling itself Azawad, took to the streets of Paris in an attempt to win the support of the newly-elected French government.
A supporter holds the Azawad flag.
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Mali:
Students Flee Sharia in Northern Schools
UNIRIN, 22 June 2012
Strict Sharia, or Islamic religious laws, imposed by the Islamist rebels controlling vast swathes of northern Mali are driving thousands of students out of schools. Dress codes… Read more »
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Mali:
Tuareg Separatists, Salafists Forge Alliance
UNIRIN, 30 May 2012
Two months after taking the northern strongholds of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal, Mali's rival rebel movements have supposedly put aside ideological, religious and cultural differences… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tuareg-Islamist Unity Bid in North Mali Unravels
This Day, 29 May 2012
Plans for Tuareg rebels and hardline Islamist group Ansar Dine to join forces and proclaim an Islamic state in northern Mali have collapsed due to fundamental differences, the two… Read more »
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Mali:
Terrorists and Uncertainty Flourish in North
RNW Africa, 17 May 2012
There's been no peace in northern Mali since Tuareg rebels took control of the area and declared independence earlier this year. Radical Muslim fighters came in their wake and… Read more »
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Mali:
Islamists Burn World Heritage Site in Timbuktu
RFI, 7 May 2012
In the northern Malian city, Timbuktu, Ansar Dine Islamist fighters burned the shrine of a local saint on Friday. The mausoleum is classified as part of a World Heritage site by… Read more »
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Mali:
Jihadism and Tuareg Nationalism Are Not the Same
Fahamu, 19 April 2012
The MNLA is not Jihadist. It is the main group representing the Azawad independence movement and has aims similar to those of other ethnic nationalist groups. Read more »