African Union asks UN to authorize Mali deployment
The African Union is asking the United Nations Security Council to endorse a military intervention to free northern Mali from Islamist extremists affiliated with al-Qaida. The African Union's Peace...
View ArticleSeventh French citizen kidnapped in Mali
Lone traveller taken during cafe stop on 'safest road in Mali' far from zone controlled by Islamist extremists Tuareg refugees at Mentao refugee camp in Burkina Faso. Conflict in Mali has forced...
View Article>France urges Mali to step up talks with rebels
PARIS (AP) — France's president called Thursday for stepped-up talks between Mali's government and any leaders from its breakaway north "who reject terrorism," even as African nations geared up for a...
View ArticleFrench leader Hollande tells interim Mali president of European efforts to...
PARIS - France's president called Thursday for stepped-up talks between Mali's government and any leaders from its breakaway north "who reject terrorism," even as African nations geared up for a...
View ArticleFrench leader Hollande tells interim Mali president of European efforts to...
PARIS — France’s president called Thursday for stepped-up talks between Mali’s government and any leaders from its breakaway north “who reject terrorism,” even as African nations geared up for a...
View ArticleFrench authorities checking if man arrested in Mali en route to combat zone...
PARIS — French authorities are trying to figure out whether a man arrested in the West African nation of Mali who was en route to Islamist combatants is the same man charged in Paris with a...
View ArticleMali Formally Requests Regional Intervention Force
DAKAR — Mali's interim leader Dioncounda Traore requested thatthe West African regional bloc ECOWAS provide "military assistance" to recover occupied territory in the north and fight terrorism. The...
View ArticleECOWAS talks focus on Mali troops deployment
AFP - West African defence and foreign ministers held talks Monday on the possible deployment of regional troops to Mali amid reports that Islamists destroyed the tomb of a Muslim saint in a region...
View ArticleMali moves to oust Islamists
Bamako - Mali's embattled authorities have formally requested African military intervention to oust Islamic extremists from the country's north after months of toying with the option With a vast area...
View ArticleMali requests military assistance to free north
Mali's interim leader Dioncounda Traore has formally requested the intervention of West African ECOWAS forces to help free the north of the country from Islamist rebels, France's special...
View ArticleFrench forces acting in Mali against rebels, Hollande says
PARIS — French military forces intervened in support of the Malian army to stem a renewed offensive by Islamist rebels in northern Mali, President Francois Hollande said Friday. "We are defending a...
View ArticleFrench forces launch military operations against Islamist extremists in Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — France launched airstrikes Friday to help the government of Mali defeat al-Qaida-linked militants who captured more ground this week, dramatically raising the stakes in the battle for...
View ArticleMali Islamists clash with military for first time in nearly a year, take key...
BAMAKO, Mali — The Islamists who rule northern Mali clashed with government forces for the first time in nearly a year, seizing a strategic city Thursday as the al-Qaida-linked militants pushed toward...
View ArticleFrench Planes Bomb Rebel Positions in Mali
French aircraft bombed rebel positions for the third straight day in Mali, as troops from neighboring countries are expected to join in the effort to push back Islamist extremists. Witnesses said the...
View ArticleHollande steps up France security over Mali and Somalia
French President Francois Hollande has ordered security stepped up around public buildings and transport because of military operations in Africa. He was responding to the risk of Islamist attack...
View ArticleUN Security Council to Meet on Mali
At the request of France, the U.N. Security Council meets Monday on the conflict in Mali, where French jets bombed Islamist rebels for the third straight day Sunday. France says it will not back down...
View ArticleMali: British Military Plane Leaves For Mission
The first British military plane destined to assist the French operation in Mali has left for the first stage of its mission, Sky sources say. The RAF C17 is stopping off in Paris first to load before...
View ArticleFrance to Send More Troops to Mali
France plans to add to its 750 troops now in Mali until an African-led force is in place to help Mali's army battle the Islamist militants who control the country's north. President Francois Hollande...
View ArticleFrench intervention in Mali: an un-African, risky solution
French troops based at the 101 airbase near Bamako listen to Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traoré as he welcomes them on January 16 2013. (AFP) More Coverage As French mirages left their bases...
View ArticleMali Crisis: Africa Needs To Take The Lead, France Says
BAMAKO, Mali -- France's foreign minister said Saturday that "our African friends need to take the lead" in a military intervention to oust extremists from power in northern Mali, though he...
View ArticleMali hails "saviour" Hollande, he says fight not over
TIMBUKTU, Mali/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Cheering, grateful Malians mobbed French President Francois Hollande on Saturday as he visited French troops fighting Islamist jihadist rebels, and he pledged France...
View ArticleFrench-Backed Malian Forces Secure Former Rebel Stronghold
French-backed Malian forces are securing the town of Kidal, the last major stronghold of Islamist militants in the country's north. Foreign Troop Commitments to Mali France 2,000 on the ground, 500...
View ArticleMali conflict shakes country's faith in its leaders
BAMAKO, Mali — The commander of Mali's army is so confident of a swift French and Malian military victory against Al Qaeda-linked militias in his country's north that he declared that the war would be...
View ArticleAfter Crushing Mali Islamists, France Pushes Deal with Tuaregs
BAMAKO — After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al-Qaida fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with...
View ArticleFrance urges Mali to step up talks with rebels
France's president called Thursday for stepped-up talks between Mali's government and any leaders from its breakaway north "who reject terrorism," even as African nations geared up for a possible...
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