Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula denounces "crusader" French in Mali
The Yemen-based offshoot of Al Qaeda urged Muslims to sacrifice themselves and their money to help fend off what it called the "Crusader war" in Mali, according to a statement posted online on Tuesday.
View ArticleMalian military battles militants outside Gao Malian soldiers are...
Worshippers arrive for prayers at the Askia mausoleum's mosque, built in 1495 in Gao, northern Mali, Saturday Feb.
View ArticleFive questions for Baird and Fantino regarding Mali
French soldiers look at a Canadian Air Force C-17 transport plane which carries French army equipment at the airport in Bamako.
View ArticleFowler says DFAIT cuts hurt Canada's strategic interests
Retired diplomat and former hostage Robert Fowler testified before the Commons foreign affairs committee Tuesday, telling MPs Canada needs to do more to fight the terrorist insurgency in West Africa.
View ArticleUK & World News: 5m emergency aid package for Mali
The money, which will fund essential medical supplies, clean water, food and other support, brings to 13 million the total amount donated by the UK this year to help deal with the consequences of the...
View ArticleAFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders consulted on the crisis of the Malian army
"The Prime Minister met with the religious leaders of Mali, including the Archbishop of Bamako, His Exc.
View ArticleEric Bibb and Habib Koite, Musical Instrument Museum, 2/11/13
The distance between Memphis, Tennessee, and Bamako, Mali, West Africa, is geographically large, but last night that distance in musical terms was no more than the three feet separating Eric Bibb and...
View ArticleMotorist on stabbing spree kills three,...
Three people were killed and 11 injured -- most believed to be Japanese -- when a crazed motorist went on a stabbing spree in a tourist strip in the Pacific nation of Guam, police said Wednesday.
View ArticleFrench, Mali troops recover explosives in Gao
French soldiers patrol near the abandoned house where they found and defused a homemade bomb containing 600 kilos of explosives on February 13, 2013 in the centre of northern Mali's largest city Gao.
View ArticleMalian coup leader sworn in as head of army reform ctt'ee
The leader of a March coup that ousted Mali's government, exacerbating a crisis in which Islamist rebels went on to seize over half the country, was sworn in Wednesday as head of a military reform...
View ArticleNigeria: Hardship Hits Nigerian Troops in Mali As Officers Solicit Food From...
The condition of Nigerian troops in Mali is quickly sliding from bad to worse as inadequate supply of provision is forcing the contingent to solicit food from locals, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report.
View ArticleFrench military clear bomb factory in Malian town of Gao
NO REPORTER NARRATION French forces cleared out a bomb factory in the city of Gao on Wednesday , where they found 600 kilograms of explosive materials, according to the French military.
View ArticleCzech troops to serve in Mali for 6 months
Czech soldiers will guard a training base in the capital Bamako in the first six months of their 15-month foreign mission in Mali and they will join the EU operation commanded by France on April 1,...
View ArticleBritain, North Korea and Mali
North Korea does not have a comprehensive delivery system, but it clearly does have the ability to manufacture a nuclear device and it increasingly has missiles that can travel considerable distances...
View ArticleArab man arrested in Mali after giving interview
Acquaintances of one of the last Arab men still living in Timbuktu said that Ali Ould Mohamed Kalbali was arrested by soldiers and taken away, just hours after he gave an interview to a political...
View ArticleUK flies Ghana troops to Mali
Britain's military has flown troops and heavy equipment from Ghana to Mali to support the international intervention in the west African nation.
View ArticleGambia journalist arrested for visa fraud
An activist has asked a Nairobi court to compel Kenya's polls body not to accredit EU and US election observers for the forthcoming elections, accusing them of bias.
View ArticleMali's Lessons Inform Future Partnership Efforts, Official Says
The United States continues to work with international and interagency partners to support the efforts of France and the African-led international support mission to Mali to counter extremists and...
View ArticleCanadian Press NewsAlert: Canada to extend Mali mission by a month
Defence Minister Peter MacKay says a heavy-lift Canadian air force transport plane will continue to assist French forces in Mali for another month.
View ArticleFrench incursion frees few slaves in Mali
The insurgents who have fled from invading French troops in Mali have been taking with them some of their most important possessions - slaves.
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