Malian Women Recount Abuse Under Al-Qaeda Linked Group

Author:
Jacky Rowland/AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
30 January 2013
Tags:
Mali, Women and Gender, Human Rights

More details are emerging of what life was like under the group Ansar Dine in Timbuktu. Malian women recount the abuse they suffered under al-Qaeda linked militants. On Monday, French troops took Timbuktu, forcing the militants to flee into the surrounding desert. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports from Timbuktu.

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