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U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics

U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics
05/18/2012 | Debates and Analysis
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither the right to remain in power nor the strength to deal with humanitarian and security challenges facing the West African country. "Twenty-one years of...

Mali mediator in talks with rebels

Mali mediator in talks with rebels
05/18/2012 | Sahel
West Africa’s mediator for Mali has begun talks with the Islamist and Tuareg rebel groups who seized the north of the country after a coup in March, officials said on Thursday. The mediator, Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré, “has begun consultations with the different armed groups with a view...

Mali president rejects proposal for new caretaker head

Mali president rejects proposal for new caretaker head
05/17/2012 | Sahel
Mali's interim President Dioncounda Traore on Wednesday rejected a proposal by a former junta which staged a coup in March for a national convention to choose a caretaker head of state. "It's a proposal but I don't think this is a solution, in any case, not a solution that has been agreed to in a...

Mali Islamists to let first aid convoy enter

Mali Islamists to let first aid convoy enter
05/17/2012 | Sahel
The Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine said on Tuesday it would allow an aid convoy it had blocked outside the northern city of Timbuktu to deliver its food and medical supplies on Wednesday, after reaching a deal with local authorities. Ansar Dine had stopped the convoy, the first aid sent to...

Algeria is the "natural leader" in the region (U.S. official)

Algeria is the "natural leader" in the region (U.S. official)
05/16/2012 | News
Algeria is the "natural leader" in the region and the United States welcome the" successful" parliamentary elections said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Maghreb to the U.S. Department State, Raymond Maxwell, in an interview with APS. "I would like to join Hillary Clinton in...

Mali crisis could threaten globe

Mali crisis could threaten globe
05/09/2012 | Sahel
The crisis in Mali could become a threat to global security if the international community does not help the coup- and rebellion-hit country, the head of the UN refugee agency said Monday. “We are very worried by what is happening in Mali and its impact on the region,” UN High Commissioner for...

ECOWAS Talking Softer, But Still Holding Big Stick

ECOWAS Talking Softer, But Still Holding Big Stick
05/08/2012 | Debates and Analysis
Regional leaders meeting in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on May 3 appeared to slightly retreat from their positions against coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau and Mali, but the Economic Community of West African States continues to press for a speedy return to constitutional rule in both countries....

North African fighters join AQIM

North African fighters join AQIM
05/08/2012 | Sahel
About a hundred fighters from across North Africa have joined the ranks of an Al-Qaeda offshoot which now dominates northern Mali, a Malian defence ministry official said on Sunday. “According to our figures, about 100 north Africans, essentially from Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, have joined the...

Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict

Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict
05/06/2012 | Debates and Analysis
It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region. "I wanted to leave for my children’s sake," says...

Armaments in North Africa: the arms race and Algerian leadership

Armaments in North Africa: the arms race and Algerian leadership
05/05/2012 | Maghreb
The arms trade is flourishing in North Africa, Jeune Afrique (JA) writes. In 2011 it says, Algeria has even become the biggest spending country in Africa in terms of weapons, with a whopping 6.5 billion euros military budget. A sum that would almost pass the 2.4 billion euros Moroccan defence...

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