French and Malian troops pushed north towards the key Islamist strongholds in northern Mali, as west African defence chiefs gathered in Ivory Coast Saturday to review plans to deploy a regional...
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- May 22, 2013
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French troops have consolidated gains in Mali's Islamist-held north as Paris said the aim was its "total reconquest".
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After a punishing bombing campaign failed to halt the advance of al-Qaeda-linked fighters, France pledged on Tuesday to triple the size of its force in Mali, sending in hundreds more troops as it...
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