Mali Crisis

Islamists expelled from Mali by French transfer violence to Libya

30 Apr 2013

Diplomats are warning of growing Islamist violence against Western targets in Libya as blowback from the war in Mali, following last week's attack on the French embassy in Tripoli.

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Three Mali Islamists killed in Timbuktu ‘clean-up’ raid

2 Apr 2013

At least three Islamists were killed in Timbuktu on Monday during a sweep by French and Malian soldiers after a deadly weekend battle in the fabled Saharan city, a military source said.

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Radical Islamists launch attack on Malian city of Gao

24 Mar 2013

The assault indicates that the radical Islamists remain entrenched and able to attack despite the thousands of French troops who have liberated most of northern Mali’s towns from control by the...

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France confirms death of al-Qaeda leader Abou Zeid

24 Mar 2013

An announcement Saturday by the French president’s office that Abou Zeid’s death in late February has been “definitively confirmed” ends weeks of speculation about his fate.

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France launches probe into suspects linked to African jihad network

10 Feb 2013

A judicial official said Saturday that the four, aged 22 to 37, are being investigated for criminal association with a terrorist enterprise.

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Suicide bomber hits north Mali, troops clash in capital

8 Feb 2013

In Mali’s first ever suicide bombing, an attacker drove up to a group of Malian troops in Gao, the largest town in the north, and detonated an explosive belt, wounding one soldier, said First...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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4:27AM

UN hopes to have aid access to northern Mali within days

"We now have access back into central Mali," said David Gressly, who steers humanitarian operations in the region for the UN.

4:17AM

Talking points

Biden and Cameron put heads together

2:36AM

France bombs Islamist targets in Mali after Hollande visit

France said it carried out major air strikes on Sunday near Kidal, the last bastion of armed extremists chased from Mali’s desert north after a whirlwind visit by President Francois Hollande.

2:15AM

MALI

Hollande says Mali terrorism forced back but 'not defeated yet'

As troops worked to secure Kidal, the last bastion of radicals who occupied the vast desert north for 10 months before the French army’s surprise intervention, Hollande told Malians it was time...

1:36PM

Briefs, January 31, 2013

French shops and office buildings will have to turn off their lights at night to save energy and reduce light pollution, the French environment ministry said. From July 1, all non-residential...

4:38AM

MALI

Looting mars liberation as French and Malian troops secure Timbuktu

Hundreds of Malians looted Arab-owned shops yesterday in Mali's fabled Timbuktu, newly freed from Islamists, as global donors pledged more than US$455 million for a French-led drive to rout the...

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