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Mali 2012 coup leader facing fresh charge over mass grave
World
April 24, 2014
Mali 2012 coup leader facing fresh charge over mass grave
Malian prosecutors have charged 2012 coup leader Amadou Sanogo with complicity to murder over the discovery of a mass grave…
Mali jihadists claim to have kidnapped Red Cross team
World
February 11, 2014
Mali jihadists claim to have kidnapped Red Cross team
A leading Islamist militant group has kidnapped a team of Red Cross workers in northern Mali who had been reported…
African Union continues suspension of Egypt’s membership
Egypt
January 31, 2014
African Union continues suspension of Egypt’s membership
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union said in a statement from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on…
Mali’s ex-junta chief Sanogo detained: defense ministry
World
November 27, 2013
Mali’s ex-junta chief Sanogo detained: defense ministry
Malian security forces have detained General Amadou Sanogo, the leader of the coup that plunged the country into chaos last…
France says ‘plausible’ Al-Qaeda killed journalists in Mali
World
November 7, 2013
France says ‘plausible’ Al-Qaeda killed journalists in Mali
France said on Thursday that Al-Qaeda's north African branch may have killed two French journalists in Mali at the weekend,…
AU delegation told Morsy ouster not a coup
Egypt
July 31, 2013
AU delegation told Morsy ouster not a coup
A delegation from the African Union (AU) visiting Cairo said that has heard sufficient arguments that could assure its members…
Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: UN envoy
Egypt
April 18, 2013
Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: UN envoy
In her first seven months as UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura has visited a…
Gunfire as Malian army combs Timbuktu for jihadists
Egypt
March 31, 2013
Gunfire as Malian army combs Timbuktu for jihadists
Heavy gunfire erupted Sunday in Timbuktu as Malian troops were combing the city for infiltrated jihadists following a suicide attack,…
Al-Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali
World
February 28, 2013
Al-Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali
French forces in Mali have killed Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a leading field commander of Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing AQIM, Algerian…
Anti-interventionist stance on Mali reflects Morsy’s domestic considerations
Egypt
February 17, 2013
Anti-interventionist stance on Mali reflects Morsy’s domestic considerations
President Mohamed Morsy opposes France’s intervention in Mali even though the campaign, which seeks to restore the Malian government’s control…