Mali

Over 500 Nigerians resident in northern part of Mali have fled to Nigeria since the start of the country’s armed conflict about a year ago. Many others who are desperate to leave…
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NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) – Al-Qaeda’s branch in northern Africa on Monday confirmed that one of its senior leaders, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, had been killed in northern Mali, a report said.…
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The Chadian army claimed that its troops in northern Mali on Saturday killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed jihadist commander who led the deadly assault on a gas plant in…
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Al-Qaeda’s top commander in Mali has been killed, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno said Friday, in what would be one of the most significant blows to the rebels in the seven-week…
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Many Americans have heard of the city called Timbuktu. Many have probably even used the expression “from here to Timbuktu,” as a cliché to explain that something is very, very far away.…
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Nigeria yesterday in Bamako handed over a total of 1010 tons of assorted relief materials to Malian government in aid for internally displaced persons and those in need in northern Mali…
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Paris has warned visitors to Benin Republic to be on high alert for possible revenge kidnappings or attacks over France’s action in Mali. A travel advisory posted on the French…
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Mali’s Prime Minister Diango Cissoko said yesterday major military operations against Islamist rebels in the country were coming to an end. After meeting in Paris with French Foreign…
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A Nigerian deputy commissioner of police, Subair Olusola Kamar, has been appointed by the ECOWAS Commission as the Deputy Police Commissioner in charge of the African-led International…
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The condition of Nigerian troops in Mali is quickly sliding from bad to worse as inadequate supply of provision is forcing the contingent to solicit food from locals, PREMIUM TIMES…
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