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Mali PM urges French troops to stay

MALI'S prime minister has asked France to maintain a military presence there.

Mali PM urges French troops to stay

MALI'S prime minister has asked France to maintain a military presence there.

Mali: 'Tortured Tuaregs die in jail'

Two ethnic Tuaregs accused of supporting Islamist militants die in detention in Mali, after being tortured and denied ventilation, a rights group says.

Rockgate Resumes Mali-Based Operations; Provides General Corporate Update

Rockgate Capital Corp. is pleased to announce that drilling and in-country Pre-Feasibility Study activities have resumed at the Falea project, located in southwest Mali, West Africa.

Mali's Cissoko tours war-scarred city

Mali's acting Prime Minister Diango Cissoko arrived on Thursday in the northeastern city of Gao for the first visit there by a head of government since it was overrun by Tuareg rebels more than a year ago.

Mali: Refugees Strive to Rebuild Their Lives

[IPS]Dakar -Malian widow Mariama Sow, 30, and her three children are trying to find some semblance of normalcy in their lives in Dakar, Senegal, since they left the historic city of Timbuktu in northern Mali last June to escape the Islamist occupation.

Mali: ICRC Appeals for Funds to Boost Aid Effort

[ICRC]Geneva/Bamako -Now that northern Mali has been in the grip of armed violence for almost 16 months, the living conditions of people affected by the conflict are very worrying and humanitarian needs substantial.

Mali's leading party picks candidate for July presidential poll

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's largest political party, Adema-PASJ, has chosen Dramane Dembele, a 46-year-old mining engineer, as its candidate in a July presidential election aimed at ending a tumultuous political transition in the West African nation. Once an example of democracy in what is known as West Africa's "coup belt", Mali has been mired in turmoil since March 2012, prompted by a Tuareg ...

Mali to give France new camel after first one is eaten

BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) - Malian authorities will give French President Francois Hollande another camel after the one they gave him in thanks for helping repel Islamist rebels was killed and eaten by t...

Mali's leading party picks candidate for July presidential poll

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's largest political party, Adema-PASJ, has chosen Dramane Dembele, a 46-year-old mining engineer, as its candidate in a July presidential election aimed at ending a tumultuous political transition in the West African nation. Once an example of democracy in what is known as West Africa's "coup belt", Mali has been mired in turmoil since March 2012, prompted by a Tuareg ...

Mali: French Families Press Mali to Scrap Ban On Foreign Adoption

[RFI]As French troops fight armed Islamists in northern Mali, a group of French families is to lobby for a change in the African country's adoption law, amended in 2012, so that only Malian families could adopt Malian children.

Mali 'to replace eaten French camel'

An official says Mali is to send the French president a replacement camel after the first, given to him as a gift, was eaten.

Concerns over African force in Mali as France withdraws

As France begins withdrawing its troops from Mali, a top US defence official has said a UN-mandated African force was "incapable" of taking over the battle against Islamist extremists.

Concerns over African force in Mali grow as France withdraws

As France begins withdrawing its troops from Mali, a top US defence official has said a UN-mandated African force was "incapable" of taking over the battle against Islamist extremists.

Mali to give French president new camel after first one is eaten

A local government official in northern Mali said on Tuesday a replacement would be sent to France. "As soon as we heard of this, we quickly replaced it with a bigger and better-looking camel," said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media. "The new camel will be sent to Paris. We are ashamed of what happened to the camel. It was a present th...