Fresh blast in Mali city hours after street battles
GAO, Mali: An explosion shook the largest city in northern Mali early Monday, hours after Islamist gunmen battled French and Malian troops following two straight...
Mali turmoil
France seeks Mali exit, handover to UN peacekeepers
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GAO, Mali: Nearly a month after launching an offensive in Mali to drive out Islamist extremists, France mulled the withdrawal of its troops Thursday after...
UN mulls sending peacekeepers to Mali as rebels hit back
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GAO, Mali: The UN is considering sending peacekeepers to Mali, following a proposal from Paris which said that French forces have killed hundreds of Islamist...
‘Hundreds’ of rebels killed, France to leave Mali from March
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GAO, Mali: French-led forces have killed hundreds of Islamists in fighting to reclaim northern Mali and with the rebels’ last bastion secured, France said Tuesday...
Global players seek ‘to put Mali together again’
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Brussels: The UN, African Union and other global players meet in Brussels on Tuesday to seek ways of anchoring long-term peace and stability in Mali...
Hollande visits Mali to push for African takeover
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TIMBUKTU, Mali:Â French President Francois Hollande arrived in Mali on Saturday to push for African troops to replace French forces who led a lightning advance...
Hollande visits Mali as French troops eye last bastion
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SAVARE, Mali: President Francois Hollande arrived in Mali on Saturday as French-led troops worked to secure the last Islamist stronghold in the north after a...
Hero’s welcome as French-led troops enter Timbuktu
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TIMBUKTU, Mali: French-led forces received a hero’s welcome as they entered Mali’s fabled desert city of Timbuktu in a lightning advance north, as fleeing Islamists...
French-led troops seize airport in Mali Islamist bastion
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Bamako: French-led forces Saturday wrested control of the airport at the Islamist stronghold of Gao, 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) northeast of the Mali capital Bamako,...
French, Malian troops push north as defence chiefs meet
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Bamako: French and Malian troops pushed north towards the key Islamist strongholds in northern Mali, as west African defence chiefs gathered in Ivory Coast Saturday...