Mali: Echo and Unicef Join Forces for Crisis Affected Children to Go Back to...
The Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department of the European Commission is providing EUR 3 million for children's education in crisis affected in Mali.
View ArticleUN mulls sending troops to Central African Republic
The EU is expected to send up to 1 000 soldiers to help stabilise Central African Republic.
View ArticleAlgeria to hold talks with Mali rebels over peace deal
Algeria will hold exploratory talks with rebel groups from neighbouring Mali in an attempt to revive peace negotiations there, it said on Sunday, an initiative welcomed by Malian President Ibrahim...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda: on the march
At its peak, the US drone programme - with Hellfire missiles picking off al-Qaeda leaders seemingly at will in the remote mountains of Yemen and the tribal borderlands of Pakistan - meant becoming...
View ArticleLand mine injures 5 Chadian peacekeepers patrolling in northern Mali
What a great bunch of photographs this week. The dogs came in all shapes and sizes.
View ArticleMali lawmakers choose leader from ruling party
Mali's lawmakers have selected a member of the president's political party to lead the National Assembly, the second most powerful position in the West African nation after the president.
View ArticleAlly of Mali's President Keita elected parliament speaker
Lawmakers in Mali on Wednesday elected a little known politician with family ties to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to head the West African nation's parliament.
View ArticleGerman militarism in Africa
January 12th 1904: In the imperial colony of German Southwest Africa , the so-called " Herero uprising " breaks out against the German colonial administration.
View ArticleAfrica: African Union Helping Mali to Finalize Peace Process
Security, good governance and development will be the African Union's priorities in 2014, according to Pierre Buyoya, the current AU High Representative for Mali and the Sahel, and head of the...
View ArticleFrance launches anti-terror operations in Mali
French forces have carried out two night-time counter-terrorism operations in rebel-infested northern Mali, military sources in the west African nation said on Thursday.
View ArticleFrench army kills 11 suspected militants in northern Mali
French forces killed at least 11 suspected Islamist fighters and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunition during an operation in Mali's northern region of Timbuktu, a French army source in Mali...
View ArticleMali military says 2 rockets fall near Kidal
Cmdr. Daouda Sagara, head of the military in the town, said his soldiers had heard two large explosions Friday night.
View ArticleVocalist-activist performs at Arden Theatre
Fatoumata Diawara Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Arden Theatre 5 St. Anne Street Tickets: $32 plus facility fee.
View ArticleGiving France its due
French troops are fighting in bloody conflicts around the world, most recently in the Central African Republic.
View ArticleUN funding is a small price for peace
Malian soldiers react to an explosion in the city of Gao in February. The UN has deployed 6,000 peacekeepers to Mali.
View ArticleFrench army kills 11 militants in Mali anti-terror operation
BAMAKO: A French counter-terrorism offensive in rebel-infested northern Mali ended on Friday with 11 Islamist militants killed and a French soldier wounded, military sources inside the operation told AFP.
View ArticleSupporting the Rights of Malian Youth to Education
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View Article'I wasn't expecting this when I got out of bed today': Private's...
'I wasn't expecting this when I got out of bed today': Private's delight as he's bumped up a rank by head of British Army in first 'field promotion' for more than 60 years A soldier has been handed the...
View ArticleMalian star Habib Koite brings his new sound to Bay Area
When he played the Nourse Theater with bluesman Eric Bibb last February as part of the tour following their 2012 album "Brothers in Bamako" , Koite was nervously monitoring events back home, where...
View ArticleIn a first, NA peacekeepers to dispose explosives under UN mission
In recent times, dozens of civilians, mostly children, have been killed or physically disabled by explosives and bombs in Mali.
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