At least 19 Malian elephants killed by poachers
In this photo taken on Saturday, March 3, 2012, Elephants and cattle drink water inside a dam near Hombori, Mali.
View ArticleU.N. sees Mali, rebel peace talks in 'last stage'
Peace talks between Mali and Tuareg-led separatist rebels are in the last stage with both sides preparing to work on questions of identity and local authority for the northern region, the United...
View ArticleMali: UN Launches Probe Into Violent Demonstration Against Peacekeepers in Gao
The United Nations appointed a high-level team to conduct an Inquiry into the events of 27 January, when a violent demonstration against the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali...
View ArticleAt least four UN peacekeepers wounded in explosion in Mali
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View ArticleGunmen stage deadly raid on Mali army post; UN peacekeepers hurt in blast
Malian people take part in a demonstration in front of the French Ambassy in Bamako on May 19, 2014, to denounce the occupation by rebels of Kidal, 1,500 kilometers northeast of the capital Bamako, and...
View ArticleFilm Review: Timbuktu
Islamic fundamentalists are encroaching on the basic liberties of people in Africa and the Arab world. We hear about it, but it's hard to put into context, hard to understand the magnitude of the...
View ArticleOscar also speaks powerfully in foreign languages
Poland's 'Ida' is the perceived front-runner for foreign-language Oscar; a look at it and the other nominees Pawel Pawlikowski's "Ida" has seen its cast, crew and cinematography awarded and hailed by...
View ArticleMali peace talks resume in Algiers, no end to hostilities
Mali's government and Tuareg-led rebels resumed U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Algeria on Monday in pursuit of an accord to end uprisings by separatists seeking more self-rule for the northern region...
View ArticleMali: Mali - the Internet and Social Media but Not As in Other African Markets
Francophone Mali is one of Africa's poorest countries and the recent coup and military conflict in the north have threatened its former stability. Beneath these headlines, the country has continued to...
View ArticleMali: UN launches probe into violent demonstration against peacekeepers in Gao
The United Nations received assurances of full support when it informed the Government of Mali of the Inquiry, said the UN today. On 29 January, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the...
View ArticleSeven UN peacekeepers wounded in northern Mali blast
Seven UN peacekeepers have been wounded in an explosion in northeastern Mali, military sources from the force told AFP on Monday. The cause of Sunday's blast was not immediately clear but the soldiers...
View Article"Timbuktu," an Oscar nominee, explores Islamic extremism
In this file photo taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Malian soldiers are stationed at the entrance of of Gao, Northern Mali. French and Malian troops held a strategic bridge and the airport in the northern...
View ArticleAmid peace talks rebel forces launch attacks in Mali
Hundreds of rebel fighters amassed outside Tabankort in northern Mali, as they prepare an attempt to take over the town from pro-government forces. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
View ArticleMali, Tuareg-led rebels agree to cease hostilities for peace talks
Mali's government and an alliance of Tuareg-led northern rebels agreed to cease hostilities on Thursday to ease tensions during U.N.-sponsored peace negotiations aimed at ending decades of uprisings....
View Article'Timbuktu': Destruction in the name of Islam
Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako achieves the impossible with his latest feature, Timbuktu , a transcendent political poem as intellectually rigorous as it is beautiful. An Oscar nominee for...
View ArticleOscars 2015 Foreign-Language Spotlight: Mauritania's 'Timbuktu'
In the wake of the Jan. 7 terrorist attack on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo , the mayor of Villiers-sur-Marne, a Paris suburb, ordered a theater to stop screening Abderrahmane Sissako 's...
View ArticleMainly made of mud
From my journey to West Africa in 1982. This is Djenne, a small town in south-central Mali classified by the UESCO as a world heritage site thanks to its unique style of architecture.
View ArticleMali: UN team concludes probe into violent demonstration against peacekeepers...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the investigation on 29 January to determine the facts surrounding the "tragic incident" which resulted in the death and injury of protesters in the northern...
View ArticleThree killed over gold discovery on Mali-Guinea border
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View ArticleTuareg chief rejects independence for northern Mali
The new Tuareg tribal chief in Mali's Kidal region rejected the struggle for independence or autonomy in the northern desert in a statement to AFP on Wednesday, instead issuing a plea for unity. The...
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