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I've always tried to avoid the consumer mayhem that is Black Friday, but in 2010 the folks who brought us Record Store Day created a tempting reason to venture into the madness: Black Friday Record...
View ArticleMali group claims kidnapping of Frenchman
Groups linked to an offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb control large swathes of northern Mali [AFP] A Malian group calling itself the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa has claimed...
View ArticleMali: Egypt urges peaceful resolution of crisis
Nigerian spokesman Reuben Abati told reporters that Mekki raised Mali with Jonathan and urged that the "issue should, as much as possible, be peacefully resolved". Egypt Thursday urged the west African...
View ArticleMorocco dismantles cell sending jihadists to Mali
Moroccan security forces dismantled a cell recruiting young men to fight with al-Qaida-linked groups in northern Mali, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.
View ArticleBurkina Faso calls upon Mali to open talks with northern rebels
Burkina Faso, which is attempting to mediate an end to the crisis in its West African neighbour Mali, on Saturday called upon Malian President Dioncounda Traore to open direct talks with Islamist...
View ArticleMalians rally against religious extremism
Since a new urban trail opened last month in a former rail corridor in Atlanta, it has drawn crowds of joggers, dog-walkers and cyclists to take in spectacular views of the skyline and neighborhoods...
View ArticleMalians rally against religious extremism
Several thousand people have turned out for a rally in Mali's capital, Bamako, to show support for "the authentic Islam" and to say no to religious extremism.
View ArticleWorld News: Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills at least 100
China's official news agency says the country has successfully landed a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier.
View ArticleMali regime postpones transitio...
BAMAKO: Mali's interim regime yesterday postponed three days of national talks aimed at planning a transition back to democracy and tackling the security crisis in the Islamist-occupied north.
View ArticleMali groups reject Algeria, Burkina Faso role
Bamako - A coalition of Malian political parties and a citizen's association based in the Islamist-occupied north on Sunday objected to Algeria and Burkina Faso's role in mediating their country's crisis.
View ArticleMali security nightmare: Why foreign intervention alone won't stop the chaos
Members of a pro-government militia in Mali take part in a training session at their base in Sevare, Nov.
View ArticleFrench hostage in Mali appeals for help from Paris
A French man kidnapped by Islamist rebels last week in southwest Mali said he blamed France's foreign policy for his abduction and urged Paris to respond to his captors' demands in a video shown on...
View ArticleRecalling Lobi Traore on - Bwati Kono'
Before his death two years ago of heart failure at age 49, the Malian singer and electric guitarist Lobi Traore released a series of albums that captured his mesmerizing improvisational blues in the...
View ArticleTinariwen, Barbican, London
Since Tinariwen were last seen in London a lot has happened. In February they won a Grammy award for best world music album, although that album, Tassili , was far from their best; an acoustic...
View ArticleWill Mali Be Africa's Afghanistan?
The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com Will Mali be Africa's Afghanistan? Mali was hit by two successive shocks to its system this year - with the north seized by rebels and a coup in the...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda tells Mali to reject foreign help, UN turns to African Union
A top al-Qaeda commander in North Africa has urged the people of Mali to reject foreign intervention as a way of solving the country's conflict, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday.
View ArticleSharia In Mali: Devout Muslims Give 100 Lashes to Six Young People For...
This is Sharia. Sharia forbids unmarried men and women to associate with one another and speak with one another.
View ArticleMilitary action against al Qaida-linked extremists in Mali unlikely for months
A motorbicyclist rides through an abandoned courtyard of Mopti, Mali, where the Malian military awaits help for an offensive against Islamist rebels to the north.
View ArticleMali: Devout Muslims whip unmarried couples in public
The sharia police arrested three unmarried couples in Timbuktu, then publicly whipped them.
View ArticleWomena s role in advancing peace and security must be supported a " UN officials
"We need to ensure that women have opportunities to play their full role in peace and security," the Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women , Michelle...
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