Traumatised and broken: the plight of children in conflict zones
“I feel a lot of terror, and now that terror is getting bigger. We started to sleep in the hallway because I’m so afraid… I’m...
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Mali court appoints coup leader as interim president
BAMAKO, Mali: Mali’s constitutional court has named the colonel who led a military coup this week as the country’s new interim leader. The ruling, issued...
Mali’s military detains president, prime minister
BAMAKO, Mali: Military in Mali has detained the president and prime minister of the interim government, deepening political chaos in the country just nine months...
Children among 20 wedding guests massacred in French airstrike in central Mali
BAMAKO, Mali: At least 20 people 20 wedding guests including children were killed by fire from a French helicopter in central Mali. France said it...
Al-Qaeda claims murders of French journalists in Mali
Nouakchott: Al-Qaeda’s north and west African division claimed responsibility Wednesday for the murders of two French journalists shot dead in Mali’s rebel-infested desert, in a...
Two French journalists found dead after being kidnapped in Mali
Bamako: Two journalists with Radio France Internationale (RFI) were found dead on Saturday after being kidnapped by armed men while working in Mali’s far northeast,...
UN to authorize Mali peacekeeping force Thursday
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution Thursday creating a peacekeeping mission in Mali, to take over from French...
Suicide bomber kills three Chadian soldiers in Mali
Bamako: At least three Chadian soldiers were killed and four others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a group of soldiers in...
Two jihadists dead, Malian troops wounded in Timbuktu
Bamako: Two jihadists were killed and four Malian troops were wounded in clashes that erupted in the fabled northern city of Timbuktu on Sunday, a...
French troops to pull out of Mali ‘from end’ of April: PM
Paris: French troops will begin pulling out of troubled Mali “from the end of April”, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told parliament on Wednesday....