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Mali coup leader agrees to extension of transitonal president's mandate.

Mali coup leader agrees to extension of transitonal president's mandate.
05/20/2012 | Africa
Captain Amadou Sanogo has agreed to drop his objections to an extention of the original 40 day mandate following ECOWAS's threat to reimpose sanctions. ECOWAS said that they were expecting transitional president Dioncounda Traore to make a formal request for ECOWAS troops to come to Bamako....

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...

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...

Situation in Northern Mali cause for concern in Niger.

Situation in Northern Mali cause for concern in Niger.
05/04/2012 | Sahel
The Tuareg revolt in Northern Mali with the MNLA and Ansar Dine together with elements of AQIM and Mujwa is causing concern in Niger. The capital Niamey is only 450 km from Gao in Northern Mali and Niger fears any spill over of violence into its territory. In an article by Nathalie Prevost of...

Mali Heading Closer to Civil War

Mali Heading Closer to Civil War
05/01/2012 | Debates and Analysis
Since January, various groups of Tuareg rebels in Mali have come together in an attempt to administer a new northern state called Azawad. While this was announced on Apr. 6, the rebel grouping’s control of the region remains questionable, and the roots behind the conflict, complex. After the...

A new armed group said to be partially controling Timbuktu

A new armed group said to be partially controling Timbuktu
04/28/2012 | Sahel
According to several sources, the National Liberation Front of Azawad (FNLA), a new armed group that calls itself secular and non-secessionist, has taken partial control of Timbuktu in northern Mali, Besides the  Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA)   and the islamic Ansar...

Armed Groups in Northern Mali Raping Women

Armed Groups in Northern Mali Raping Women
04/24/2012 | Debates and Analysis
Increasing numbers of Malian women are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups that have swept across the north of Mali since the beginning of year, expelling all government troops from the region. According to Corrine Dufka, senior West Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch, who is...

Tlemcen, capital of Islamic culture: a highly colourful show to end

Tlemcen, capital of Islamic culture: a highly colourful show to end
04/23/2012 | Culture
The festivities marking the end of the event "Tlemcen, capital of the Islamic culture 2011" stared Saturday evening in Tlemcen, by a a highly colourful show, offered by the national ballet. The Palace of Culture hosted on  the evening of Saturday, a grand spectacle presented by the Ballet...

Sarkozy says must prevent rogue state in Mali’s north

Sarkozy says must prevent rogue state in Mali’s north
04/14/2012 | Sahel
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday everything had to be done to prevent a “terrorist or Islamic state” emerging in northern Mali after rebels seized vast tracts of the desert north. A March 22 coup emboldened Tuareg nomads to seize the northern half of Mali and declare an independent...

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