Mali

Type: Country
Name: Mali
population: 10,587,270
First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 4 reports

Talks to resume with Mali government

Talks will resume soon between the Malian government and an ethnic Tuareg rebel group whose influence has been growing in the country's north, Burkina Faso's foreign minister said Monday.No immediate date was given for the negotiations, though the announcement ... [Published Channel Africa - 47 mins ago]
First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Veteran envoy to head Malian mission

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (UPI) --U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that Koenders will serve as the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali."The mission will help the Malian authorities to implement the transitional road map toward the full ... [Published UPI - 7 hours ago]
First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Islamist spokesman surrenders in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT, Senegal (AFP) – A senior operative in an Al Qaeda-linked group in war-torn northern Mali has surrendered to Mauritania, a security source told AFP on Monday.Ansar Dine spokesman Senda Ould Boumama “went to the Mauritanian armed forces on the ... [Published Vanguard - 9 hours ago]
First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

The US Air Force Has Flown Hundreds of Missions Supporting the French Intervention in Mali

It appears that without American supportthe intervention in Mali could have been quite different.Although the U.S. did not send troops to Mali as part of theFrench-led intervention that began earlier this year the U.S.military contributed a huge amount ... [Published REASON Online - 1 hour ago]
First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 reports

Nigerian forces claim militants are losing

Army on the offensive to combat Islamists in the northeastern statesWritten by 20/05/2013 11:36 AMImage Text:BLACK OUT: Nigerian soldiers gather before a night operation (PA)ISLAMIST MILITANTS based in the northeastern states of Nigeria are facing defeat ... [Published Voice Online - 10 hours ago]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 reports

France stalls on invasion of rebel town

BAMAKO, Mali — After winning adulation across Mali for a five-month military offensive that crushed al-Qaida fighters, France now is frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg rebels.A standoff ... [Published Columbus Dispatch - 9 hours ago]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Donor Conference Amasses 3.25 Billion Euros for Rebuilding Mali

Brussels The international donors made a decision to mobilize 3.25 billion euro in supporting Mali's reconstruction, said a press release issue by the European Commission on Wednesday."Donors have made public financial commitments on the basis of the ... [Published AllAfrica.com - 12 hours ago]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 8 reports

France Goes Shopping for US Drones

Congress has approved two for Mali military operations(Newser) – France is looking to assemble a fleet of intelligence gathering drones to use in its military operations in Mali, and is in talks with both the US and Israel to get its hands on some. The ... [Published Newser - May 19 2013]
Entities: Drone, France, Mali
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 5 reports

After crushing Mali Islamists, France pushes deal with Tuaregs

French Defence Minister Le Drian poses for a picture with French and Malian army officers at the French military base at the airport in Gao (Stringer . Reuters, / April 26, 2013)XDavid Lewis ReutersBAMAKO (Reuters) - After winning adulation across Mali ... [Published Morning Call - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

EU military chief 'confident' about Mali troop training

The head of the EU military committee said today he was "confident" in the ability of the first Mali battalion being trained by Europe to battle the Islamist insurgency raging in the north. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali

The MNLA said it was fighting MUJWA, a group that occupied the town of Gao for months until earlier this year World Bulletin/News DeskFighting has broken out in northern Mali between Tuareg separatists and local Arab-led gunmen, only days after the African ... [Published World Bulletin - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

France to buy US drones for use in Mali

France has plans to purchase US-made unarmed Reaper surveillance drones in a bid to back up its military operations against fighters in the crisis-hit African country, Mali, a report says.According to the report published by Air et Cosmos specialist magazine ... [Published Press tv - May 18 2013]
Entities: Drone, Mali, France

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The US Air Force Has Flown Hundreds of Missions... [Published Hit & Run - 2 hours ago]
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Donors pledge over $4bn for Mali recovery [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 15 2013]
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