French planes destroy Islamist bases in Mali
Bamako:Â French warplanes destroyed two Islamist bases in northern Mali as a leading Al Qaeda-linked group in the region split Thursday, with the breakaway group...
Islamists in Mali
Mali aid offers pour in, army chief sets sights on Timbuktu
by AFP
DIABALY, Mali: Mali’s army chief said his French-backed forces could reclaim the northern towns of Gao and fabled Timbuktu from Islamists in a month, as...
French troops in Mali ground battle
by AFP
MARKALA, Mali: French troops engaged in close combat with Islamist fighters in Mali on Wednesday as Al Qaeda-linked fighters claimed to have seized 41 foreign...
Al-Qaeda linked group claims 41 hostages including 7 Americans at Algerian gas field
by AFP
Algeris: Algeria, which has opened its airspace to French warplanes hitting Islamists in northern Mali, was targeted Wednesday in a deadly revenge attack in which...
African troops bound for Mali as France battles Islamists
by AFP
Bamako: The first troops from a regional West African force were bound for Mali on Tuesday to shore up a five-day old French military offensive...
Mali Islamists push south, threaten France amid new strikes
by AFP
Bamako: Islamist forces on Monday seized control of a town in a fresh attack on Mali’s government-held south and vowed to strike “at the heart”...
UN chief urges sanctions against Mali Islamists
by Areeb Hasni
Geneva: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Wednesday called on the Security Council to impose sanctions on Islamist rebels in northern Mali....
Niger says Afghans, Pakistanis training Islamists in Mali
by Areeb Hasni
Paris: Niger’s President Mahamadou Issofou said on Thursday that Afghan and Pakistani jihadis were training recruits for extremist groups in northern Mali, the latest sign...