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Mali Rebels Release Hostages

The United Nations peacekeeping force in the country say Tuareg rebels have handed over 30 civil servants taken hostage since Saturday.

VIDEO: Mali Separatists Release Around 30 Civil Servants: U.N. Mission

Mali: Mali Rebels Release 30 Hostages

VOA, 19 May 2014

Rebels in northern Mali have released 30 hostages whom they captured on Saturday. The United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali says Tuareg rebels handed over the 30 civil servants… Read more »

Malian soldiers take part in training.

Mali: Mali Troops Sent to Regain Kidal From Separatist Tuaregs, Free Hostages

DW, 19 May 2014

The release of 28 local officials and soldiers held in a rebel stronghold in the north of Mali has been demanded by the government and the country's former colonial power France.… Read more »
Mali: Separatists Abduct Civil Servants in Kidal

DW, 18 May 2014

Tuareg rebels have abducted several civil servants from a northern Malian town during fighting that claimed a number of lives. The attack occurred during a visit by the country's… Read more »
Mali: Separatists and Sceptics - Refugees Divided On Future of Northern Mali

UNIRIN, 19 May 2014

Fighting has once again escalated in northern Mali's Kidal region, with clashes between Tuareg separatists and the army reportedly killing 36 people on 16 and 17 May. Despite the… Read more »

Mali: Violence in Northern Mali

State Department, 18 May 2014

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Mali: France Calls for Release of Mali Hostages

RFI, 19 May 2014

French president François Hollande called on Monday for the "immediate and unconditional release of Kidal's administrator and the hostages" after Saturday's deadly clashes… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Commission Condemns Clashes in Kidal, Mali

Leadership, 19 May 2014

The ECOWAS Commission on Monday strongly condemned Saturday's violent incidents that led to many deaths in Kidal, Mali. Read more »