-
Mali: France to Pull Troops Out As Planned
RFI, 5 November 2013
France said on Tuesday that it would stick to plans to withdraw most of its troops from Mali, as the bodies of the two RFI journalists killed in the north of the country arrived in… Read more »
France to Pull Troops Out of Mali as Planned
As the bodies of two French journalists killed in Mali arrive in Paris, the French government says it will still withdraw two-thirds of its soldiers from the West African country by the end of January.
-
Mali: Bodies of Murdered RFI Journalists Returned to France From Mali
RFI, 5 November 2013
French President François Hollande was at Charles de Gaulle airport at 7.00 on Tuesday morning to greet the arrival of the plane carrying the bodies of the two RFI… Read more »
-
Mali: French Journalists Killed by Kidnappers
RFI, 2 November 2013
France's Foreign Ministry has confirmed the death of RFI's correspondents in northern Mali, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, who were kidnapped in Kidal by a group of men on… Read more »
-
Mali: French Plans to Withdraw From Africa Are On Hold
ISS, 21 June 2013
On Wednesday 5 June, French President Francois Hollande received UNESCO's Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for the country's military intervention in Mali. Nine West African… Read more »
-
Mali: France Begins Mali Military Withdrawal
Tunis Afrique Presse, 25 May 2013
France has begun the first major stage of its military withdrawal from Mali. A convoy of lorries left a French base outside the capital, Bamako, on its way south to Ivory Coast. Read more »
-
Mali: France Withdraws First Soldiers From Mali
RFI, 9 April 2013
France has withdrawn around 100 soldiers from Mali, the army announced on Tuesday. Read more »
-
Mali: France to Keep 1,000 Soldiers in Mali Permanently
Tunis Afrique Presse, 6 April 2013
France has proposed keeping a permanent force of 1,000 French troops in Mali to fight armed Islamist militants, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday during his visit to… Read more »
-
Mali: France to Withdraw Troops From Mali
Magharebia, 26 March 2013
France will soon begin a gradual withdrawal of troops from northern Mali, Senate President Jean-Pierre Bel confirmed on Monday (March 25th). Read more »
InFocus
-
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 »
-
Both Paris and Bamako have launched official inquiries into the killings of two French journalists in northern Mali. Read more »
