News: Mali

We have started to collect the most important news related to Mali in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• February 11th 2013 – February 3rd 2013
• February 3rd 2013 – January 29th 2013
• January 28th 2013 – January 21st 2013
• January 21st 2013 – January 15th 2013
• January 15th 2013 – December 14th 2012
• December 12th 2012 – October 29th 2012
• October 26th 2012 – August 21st 2012
• August 9th 2012 – July 3rd 2012
• July 2nd 2012 – May 1st 2012
• May 1st 2012 – April 5th 2012
• April 5th 2012 – March 25th 2012
• March 24th 2012 – December 13th 2011
• November 25th 2011 – November 23rd 2010
• September 29th 2010 – November 26th 2009
• November 17th 2009 – October 6th 2008
• September 11th 2008 – August 29th 2006
• August 3rd 2006 – December 3rd 2005

Mali: news

Mali media strike over editor arrest

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 13:31

Mali's private media go on strike after an editor was arrested for publishing a letter from soldiers complaining about poor conditions on the frontline.
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Al-Qaeda base in Mali 'dismantled'

Friday, March 8th 2013, 17:22
related countries: France

A major al-Qaeda base has been dismantled by French forces in the remote mountains of northern Mali, France's Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says.
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French troops in Mali 'until April'

Wednesday, March 6th 2013, 22:11
related countries: France

French President Francois Hollande says his country will begin withdrawing troops from Mali in April, a month later than originally planned.
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Islamist 'probably' killed in Mali

Monday, March 4th 2013, 22:58
related countries: France

The head of France's joint chiefs of staff says it is "probable" that Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed in fighting in Mali.
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French soldier dies in Mali fighting

Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 14:42
related countries: Chad, France

A French soldier is killed in heavy fighting in northern Mali in the same region where Chad said it killed Islamist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
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Islamist militant 'killed in Mali'

Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 11:39
related countries: Algeria, Chad
related places: Mokhtar

Chad's army says their troops in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Islamist militant behind January's siege at an Algerian gas plant.
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Chad says al-Qaeda man dead in Mali

Saturday, March 2nd 2013, 7:29

Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, a senior al-Qaeda militant accused of killing Western hostages, has been killed in Mali, Chad's President Idriss Deby says.
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Deadly attack on Mali checkpoint

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 0:44
related countries: France
related places: Kidal

Seven people are reported killed in a car bomb blast in the northern Malian town of Kidal, thought to be aimed at a Tuareg group supporting French troops.
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Mali Islamists warned on Sharia

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 11:41

A "manifesto" left by an al-Qaeda group in Mali warned other militant groups there against implementing Islamic law too quickly and predicted Western intervention.
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Mali operation reaches 'final phase'

Sunday, February 24th 2013, 0:02
related countries: France

French President Francois Hollande says his country's forces are engaged in the "final phase" of the fight against Islamist militants in Mali.
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'Many die' in Mali mountain clashes

Saturday, February 23rd 2013, 7:51
related countries: Chad

Thirteen Chadian soldiers and dozens of Islamist rebels are killed in heavy fighting in a mountainous area of northern Mali, Chad's army says.
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US sends 100 armed troops to Niger

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 16:45
related countries: France, Niger, United States

The US has deployed 100 troops to Niger to assist French forces in neighbouring Mali, President Barack Obama says.
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Mali rebel attack halted, say French

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 23:18
related places: Gao

French and Malian forces repel Islamist fighters who seized a key building in Gao, as rebels claim a car bomb attack in Kidal.
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French soldier dies in Mali fighting

Tuesday, February 19th 2013, 18:12
related countries: France

A French soldier is killed in fighting with Islamist rebels in northern Mali, President Francois Hollande says.
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Mali prisoner: 'Militants cut off my hand with a knife'

Friday, February 15th 2013, 10:12
related places: Gao

The Mali man whose hand was chopped off for stealing a mattress
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Mali to hold 'early July election'

Friday, February 15th 2013, 9:59
related countries: France

Mali will hold presidential elections on 7 July, a key step to stabilising the country after the intervention of France to oust Islamist fighters, the government says.
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VIDEO: Fear returns to Mali amid clashes

Friday, February 15th 2013, 7:40
related places: Gao

The military presence has been beefed up in the northern Malian town of Gao following two suicide bomb attacks last week and heavy fighting against Jihadi fighters.
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Mali conflict: Fear overtakes joy in Gao

Wednesday, February 13th 2013, 3:08
related places: Gao

Fear overtakes joy after renewed violence in Mali
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Mali 'hesitant' over UN peace force

Tuesday, February 12th 2013, 10:26

The government of Mali is "hesitant" over the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force, a senior UN official says.
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