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Five suicide bombers dead in failed attacks in northern Mali
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least five suicide bombers died in northern Mali on Friday in attacks aimed at Malian and Nigerien troops which failed to inflict serious casualties on their targets, a spokesman for Mali's army said. One of the towns hit was Gossi, the furthest south al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels have struck in a guerrilla war launched against Malian and regional forces ...
Mali asks donors for two billion euros to rebuild country
By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Mali will ask international donors for nearly two billion euros to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of al Qaeda-linked Islamists who were driven out of the major northern towns by a French-led offensive. Paris launched a ground and air operation in its former colony in January to break the Islamist rebel hold on the northern two-thirds of ...
Mali asks donors for two billion euros to rebuild country
By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Mali will ask international donors for nearly two billion euros ($2.6 billion) to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of al Qaeda-linked Islamists who were driven out of the major northern towns by a French-led offensive. Paris launched a ground and air operation in its former colony in January to break the Islamist rebel hold on the ...
Suicide bombers launch attacks in 2 Mali towns
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Three suicide bombers carrying explosives inside water bottles blew themselves up at a military checkpoint and a fourth was shot and killed Friday in the northern Malian city of Gossi, authorities said. A car-bomb attack in another town was averted.
Three suicide attacks strike army, Nigerien soldiers in Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suspected Islamists carried out three attacks on soldiers from Mali and Niger in northern Mali on Friday, injuring one Malian soldier and leaving at least five suicide bombers dead, a spokesman for Mali's army said. The attacks took place between 4 and 5 a.m. in Menaka and Gossi, near Gao - the first major town freed from the control of Islamist fighters during a French-led ...
Mali: Life in Timbuktu After the Militants
[Deutsche Welle]Three months after French forces liberated Timbuktu from Ansar Dine Islamists, life in the historic city is still not as it was. Many residents are still coming to terms with their experiences.
Malian military prepares for final push on Kidal
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali is in the final stages of preparation for an assault on the northern provincial capital of Kidal, the last rebel-held town in the country's north, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
Malian military prepares for Kidal offensive
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The spokesman for the Malian military confirms that the army is preparing for an assault on Kidal, the last rebel-held town in northern Mali.
Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle To Be Heard
Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle To Be Heard
Mali's Musicians Struggle to Be Heard in the Shadow of War
Mali's Musicians Struggle to Be Heard in the Shadow of War
The Islamists May Be Gone, Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle to Be Heard
The Islamists May Be Gone, Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle to Be Heard
Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle to Be Heard
Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle to Be Heard
Mali’s Legendary Musicians Struggle to Be Heard in the Shadow of War
Before the coup d’état that overthrew an elected government, before the French-led war to oust Islamist rebels who had taken over much of the country, Mali was perhaps best known internationally for something else: its music. Mali’s was a culture recorded in rhythm, a history recounted in rhyme. No wedding was complete without a band; for that matter, neither was a Friday night. Mali may have ...
Al-Qaida Offshoot Threatens French Interests
Al-Qaida offshoot calls on Muslims to attack French interests due to Mali intervention
Mali military gains control of Ber in north
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soldiers from Mali and Burkina Faso pushed into the village of Ber, located 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Timbuktu, which had previously been occupied by fighters from a Tuareg rebel group, the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, or NMLA.