Official: Mali Army Disrupts Attack Plot in Capital
Special forces in Mali disrupted a network of at least six Islamic extremists plotting an attack in the country's capital, an army commander said Saturday. The extremists were linked to the Ansar Dine...
View ArticleUN says attack on convoy in northern Mali kills 6 peacekeepers, wounds 5 near...
Gunmen ambushed a U.N. convoy in conflict-wracked northern Mali on Thursday killing six peacekeepers and wounding five others, the U.N. said. All the victims were from Burkina Faso.
View ArticleFrench forces help disarm groups after peace deal in Mali
" A dozen armored vehicles approached Bouraima Adamma and his colleagues, who were resting under a tree. French soldiers got out, searched the men's belongings and confiscated Adamma's AK-47 and...
View ArticleScatec Solar to build first large scale solar plant in West Africa...
An historic agreement to Build-Own-and Operate West Africa's first utility-scale solar power plant was signed here by Norwegian company Scatec Solar and its partners, the Malian Ministry of Energy and...
View ArticleWest Africa: Sahel Sahara - Beyond the Malian Crisis.
After months of open and overt diplomatic and other pressures by the international mediation on the belligerents, the remaining Malian parties have finally met and formally signed a new Peace Agreement...
View ArticleMali detains 20 suspected Islamists, including 2 French -sources
Police in Mali have detained around 20 suspected Islamist militants in the southern town of Zegoua, including at least two French citizens, security sources said on Tuesday. The men, who were detained...
View ArticleArmy kills 30 terrorists in Mali
Bamako, July 17 At least 30 jihadis were killed on Thursday in a raid carried out by the Malian army against a terrorist camp in a forest in the Sikasso region in southern Mali. Military officials said...
View ArticleArmy kills 30 terrorists in Mali
At least 30 jihadis were killed on Thursday in a raid carried out by the Malian army against a terrorist camp in a forest in the Sikasso region in southern Mali. Military officials said the army...
View Article.com | Malian troops, jihadists clash on I Coast border
Malian troops clashed with jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the insurgents' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said on Thursday....
View ArticleSan Diego Zoo Veterinarians Conduct Ultrasound on Giant Panda
San Diego Zoo veterinarians and panda keepers gathered early this morning behind the giant panda exhibit for an ultrasound examination of 24-year-old female Bai Yun. Veterinarians used ultrasound...
View ArticleArmed men kill seven civilians in southeast Mali
Seven civilians were killed on Saturday by unknown armed men riding on a motorcycle, in Mali's southeast region near the border with Burkina Faso, local population told Xinhua on Sunday. According to...
View ArticleAkers opens annual show of new work
Gary Akers will present "By Land & Sea," a collection of 20 new paintings in egg tempera and watercolor, as his annual exhibition of new work beginning Saturday, July 18. His gallery is a restored...
View ArticleMali troops destroy jihadist camps near I.Coast border: military
Malian troops destroyed two jihadist camps and arrested 15 suspected militants in the latest operation combatting radical Islamist groups near the southern border with Ivory Coast, military sources...
View ArticleB2Gold Announces Filing of Technical Report on the Fekola Project
The Report was prepared by Sandy Hunter, MAusIMM , of Lycopodium Minerals Pty Ltd, David J.T. Morgan, PE, of Knight Piesold Pty Limited, and Tom Garagan, P.Geo, Ken D. Jones, PE, Bill Lytle, PE, and...
View ArticleAir Algerie crash anniversary marked by victims' families
Families of victims of an Air Algerie plane that crashed a year ago have gathered in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to commemorate the tragedy. Solemn commemorations began on Thursday to...
View ArticleChina economy still facing downward pressure - state planner
China's economy still faces downward pressure and growth momentum is "insufficient", the country's top economic planning agency said on Tuesday. The flow of capital into the real economy is not smooth,...
View ArticleAfrica's Ngoni Ba ramps up the rock connection
When a leading London daily, the Independent , tags Mali's Bassekou KouyatA© and Ngoni Ba as "the best rock and roll band in the world", you know there's something very special about the seven-piece...
View ArticleUN asks ICC to investigate destruction of Mali mausoleums
The UN's cultural wing has reported the destruction of precious mausoleums during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali to the International Criminal Court, its head said on a visit to witness their...
View ArticleSpotlight: Chinese peacekeepers conduct air-land patrol in troubled hotspot...
LAGOS/DAKAR/UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 1 -- A team of Chinese riot police within the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Liberia conducted on Friday an air-land patrol in one of the country's troubled hotspots,...
View ArticleA very pregnant pause: San Diego waits to see if Bai Yun the panda is expecting
Is Bai Yun pregnant again? Only time will tell. Keepers are the San Diego Zoo are monitoring the giant panda.
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