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UK and Ireland training Mali forces

EU soldiers deploy on training mission

Turning Mali’s army into a fighting force

Turning Mali’s army into a force capable of fighting militants

Europe steps in to train Mali forces

EU soldiers deploy on training mission

As Mali Wars With Islamists, a Mormon Runs for President

When Niankoro Yeah Samake lands in Mali on Friday, following a successful California fundraising campaign, to register as a candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential elections, he will be carrying a lot of baggage. There will be the requisite suitcase stuffed with gifts from the U.S. for his family back home. He will have a sizable check from an American hair-products magnate to help fund ...

As Mali Wars with Islamists, a Mormon Runs for President

When Niankoro Yeah Samake lands in Mali on Friday, following a successful California fundraising campaign, to register as a candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential elections, he will be carrying a lot of baggage. There will be the requisite suitcase stuffed with gifts from the United States for his family back home. He will have a sizable check from an American hair products magnate to ...

Small US troop contingent remains in Mali

A small team of U.S. troops remains on the ground in war-torn Mali as part of a 4-month-old effort presses on to support French and African forces engaged in a fight against Islamic militants, Africa Command said Wednesday.

French Islamist captured in Mali

A French Islamic convert who threatened France and other Western states is captured in Mali, allegedly after fighting on the militants' side.

France: jihadist convert arrested in Mali

PARIS (AP) — French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video last fall, the military spokesman said Tuesday.

France troops capture suspected French jihadist in Mali

PARIS (Reuters) - A suspected French jihadist has been captured by French forces in Mali, the defense ministry in Paris said on Tuesday, one of a handful of French nationals in the Sahel suspected of fighting against their own country. French authorities had been searching for Gilles Le Guen since October, when he published a YouTube video in which he warned France, the United States and the ...

Army: French arrest jihadist convert in Mali

PARIS (AP) — The French military spokesman says French forces in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened France in a video last fall.

Mali court drops case against newspaper editor

BAMAKO (Reuters) - A court in Mali threw out a case against a newspaper editor who was arrested after publishing an article criticizing the leader of last year's military coup. Boukary Daou was detained on March 6 and charged with inciting revolt after an open letter in his Le Republicain newspaper accused Captain Amadou Sanogo of taking a large salary while leaving his soldiers poorly equipped ...

Mali: Germany Starts EU Malian Army Training

[Deutsche Welle]Under the scorching West African sun, military engineers from Germany's Bundeswehr armed forces are preparing Malian soldiers for combat.

Sixth French soldier dies in Mali

BAMAKO, Mali, April 30 (UPI) -- The number of French soldiers killed since France sent troops to Mali in January rose to six, with a death reported in northern Mali, French officials said.

A terrorist cell dismantled in Mali: Official

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A spokesman for Mali's ministry in charge of security confirmed that a terrorist sleeper cell belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa was discovered in the Malian capital, and dismantled.