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Mali: Sixth French Soldier Killed in Mali
RFI, 30 April 2013
A French soldier has been killed in the far north of Mali, bringing to six the number of French soldiers killed since the start of the French-led military intervention in January. Read more »
French Soldier Killed in Mali Roadside Bomb
As the UN approves the deployment of peacekeepers to Mali, another French soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive in the country.
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Africa: 'This is Not An Anti-Terrorist Operation' - UN on Mali
UN News, 25 April 2013
The Security Council today approved a 12,600-strong United Nations peacekeeping operation to take over from the African-led mission in Mali on 1 July and authorized the blue… Read more »
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Mali: UN to Send Peacekeeping Troops to Mali
DW, 26 April 2013
The UN Security Council has given its unanimous approval for a Mali peacekeeping force. As French troops pull out, it will be up to UN troops to restore stability in the war-torn… Read more »
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Mali: Hunger At Crisis Levels in Northern Mali
UNIRIN, 12 April 2013
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 »
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Mali: Chad Begins Withdrawing Troops
DW, 15 April 2013
Chad's parliament has voted overwhelmingly to begin withdrawing the country's 2,250 troops from Mali. Soldiers from Chad have played an instrumental role in rooting out Islamists… Read more »
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Africa: UN Approves Peacekeeping Force for Mali
DW, 25 April 2013
The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to send a 12,600-member peacekeeping force to Mali starting in July. The force will be taking over for French and African troops… Read more »
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Mali: Torture, Beatings and Death for Detained Malians
UNIRIN, 15 April 2013
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 »
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Mali: French Imperialism Moves Deeper Into Mali
Fahamu, 14 February 2013
Despite French military intervention and claims of success in fighting Islamist militias, the conflict in Mali is getting worse. There is also some evidence of imperialist… Read more »
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Mali: France Deploys Special Forces As Terrorism Fears Grow, in Niger, Mali, Back Home
Moroccan American Center, 25 January 2013
France has sent Special Forces to guard mines in Niger which supply most of the uranium for the French nuclear power industry. Back home, the government has increased the terror… Read more »
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Uganda: From Rwanda to Mali - France's chequered history in Africa
Independent (Kampala), 28 January 2013
Why the French intervention in Mali? Last week, French daily Le Monde asked this question of André Bourgeot, specialist on Sub-Saharan Africa with France's National Centre… Read more »
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President Idriss Deby has told newsmen that Chadian troops have already begun withdrawing from embattled Mali, saying his army "has no ability to face the kind of guerrilla ... Read more »
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France has begun withdrawing troops in keeping with plans to leave a permanent 1,000-strong force to "fight terrorism" compared to the current contingent of 4,000 soldiers. Read more »
