Traore to be presented with peace deal
Zimbabwe is expected to hold elections for the position of presidency, held by Robert Mugabe since 1987, in June or July of this year.
View ArticlePeace Talks in Burkina Faso Proceed, Fighting in Mali Continues
MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of , where the population for the most part practise a more open-minded and tolerant Islam, the French soldiers were greeted as...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Fears: Manual Suggests Training With Surface-to-Air Missiles
In this March 29, 2013 photo provided by the French Army's images division, ECPAD, a French soldier holds the launch tube of an SA-7 surface-to-air missile before its destruction in Timbuktu, northern...
View ArticleMediators fly to Mali to salvag...
OUAGADOUGOU: Mediators working to hammer out a ceasefire agreement between Mali's government and Tuareg rebels before July elections flew to Bamako yesterday to attempt to convince the country's...
View ArticleBest shows to see: Jack Oblivian, Man or Astro-Man?, Vieux Farka Toure, Buika
Thunderstorms and flash flooding-must be summer. Let's hope we got the worst of it out of the way before all the outdoor music this weekend.
View ArticleIn 2013, the kids aren't always all right - face war, exploitation
Pakistan scavenger boys collect recyclable items from garbage to earn a living for their families in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday.
View ArticleMali is still waiting for lasting stability
As Mali's crisis deepens, the implications for its neighbors darken. North Africa has not been immune to the vectors of insecurity emanating from northern Mali, where global, ethnic, governmental, and...
View ArticleMali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon The photocopies of...
The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class.
View ArticleMalian forces accused of torture as children as young as 13 are captured and...
Malian forces sre reported to have tortured children - as young as 13 - in detention centres across Bamako for reported involvements or having links to armed militant groups, Amnesty International said...
View ArticleMali July elections a 'bad idea' - analysts
Although elections are essential to restoring democratic rule in Mali, analysts doubt that the troubled West African nation will be ready for national polls by the end of July.
View ArticleCompass Gold Corp.: CEO Letter to Shareholders
Compass Gold Corporation , which is focused on gold exploration on six properties in Mali, Africa's third largest gold producer issued the following letter: I would like to take this opportunity to...
View ArticleMali rebels retreat ahead of polls
Tuareg rebels occupying Mali's northern town of Kidal will return to their barracks this weekend, a UN official said Friday, as the West African country that suffered a coup more than a year ago...
View ArticleMali and the Long Road to Recovery and Reconciliation
Coup leaders apologizing for the consequences of their actions is not something that happens very often.
View ArticleEuropean Union launches Election Observation Mission to Mali
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, July 5, 2013 - African Press Organization - Following an invitation from the Malian Government, the European Union is deploying an Election Observation Mission to observe...
View ArticleOfficial: Malian military enters town of Kidal, last rebel-held city
A military spokesman said that Mali's army had entered the contested city of Kidal, the last major town that was in rebel hands following a French-led military operation earlier this year to oust the...
View ArticleMalian military enters contested city of Kidal
A military spokesman said that Mali's army had entered the contested city of Kidal, the last major town that was in rebel hands following a French-led military operation earlier this year to oust the...
View ArticleMalian military enters contested city of Kidal
A military spokesman said that Mali's army had entered the contested city of Kidal, the last major town that was in rebel hands following a French-led military operation earlier this year to oust the...
View ArticleMali: UN Food Relief Agency Struggles to Cope With Mali's 'Lean Season'
Life is slowly returning to normal in parts of Mali, but with the thousands of people displaced and a pre-harvest lean season underway, the main priority right now for the United Nations food relief...
View ArticlePhotos: Here's What Elementary School...
Some attend classes sporadically in makeshift schools, and are interrupted when civil conflicts or drug wars flare.
View ArticleCampaigning begins for Mali elections
Campaigning for Mali's watershed 28 July presidential election officially began on Sunday, with the nation struggling to move on from war and return to desperately needed constitutional order after an...
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