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Search underway in Mali for three kidnapped Italians

DAKAR, (Reuters) - Armed men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said, as violence spreads in a country ravaged by an Islamist insurgency.…

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Malian, foreign soldiers allegedly killed hundreds in town siege

Malian troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in a central Mali town, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in…

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Mali to suspend French broadcasters France 24 and RFI

PARIS/DAKAR March 17 (Reuters) - Mali's ruling military junta will suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24, accusing them of reporting what it called false allegations of…

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Why has France been at war for a decade in the West African desert?

France and military allies are leaving Mali after using it for almost a decade as a base for fighting Islamist insurgents who continue to wreak havoc and control swathes of…

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France, partners to begin Mali military withdrawal

PARIS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - France and its European partners involved in the fight against Islamist militants in Mali have decided to start the coordinated withdrawal of their military resources…

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France won’t stay in Mali if price is too high -defence minister

PARIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - European states combating Islamist militants in Mali will try to find a way to keep their mission going, but there are limits to the price…

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African leaders close borders with Mali

West African nations will close their borders with Mali, sever diplomatic ties and impose tough economic sanctions in response to its "unacceptable" delay in holding elections following a 2020 military…

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Russia to keep helping Mali militarily despite Western criticism

MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Russia will continue providing Mali with military assistance through state channels, the RIA news agency cited a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Monday, days…

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Russia shrugs off French concerns on possible mercenary deal with Mali

MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday dismissed French concerns about a potential deal between Mali and a Russian private military contractor and said it planned to continue supplying…

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France criticises saved hostage who went back to Mali

French aid worker Sophie Pétronin, who was freed in 2020 after being held for four years by jihadist militants in Mali, is once again missing in the West African nation.…

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New European taskforce takes on Mali’s elusive militants

When the soldiers reached the end of the road, they descended from their trucks and motorbikes and partially deflated the tyres to make it easier going across the soft terrain…

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France criticises deal bringing Russian mercenaries into Mali

France's foreign minister on Tuesday criticised plans that would bring Russian mercenaries into Mali, saying such a move was "incompatible" with the French military presence in its former colony. Diplomatic…

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At least 51 killed in Mali village raids

At least 51 people were killed when Islamist militants raided three villages in central Mali near the border with Niger, a district administrator said on Monday. The towns of Ouatagouna,…

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Suicide bomber wounds French troops in central Mali

A suicide bomber in a car attacked a French reconnaissance mission in central Mali on Monday, wounding some of the soldiers and local residents, the French army said. The French military did not say how many were hurt, but…

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Junta leader Colonel Goita sworn in as Mali’s transitional president

Mali's Colonel Assimi Goita was sworn into office as the troubled country's transitional president on Monday despite international condemnation of his latest power grab, the second coup he has led…

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France suspends military ties with Mali over coup

France announced it was suspending its joint military operations with local troops in Mali as part of efforts to pressure the military junta there to restore a civilian-led government. Mali's…

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West African bloc ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup

West African regional bloc ECOWAS suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's coup and said authorities must stick to a timetable for a return to democracy, but stopped short…

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Macron threatens to pull troops from Mali

President Emmanuel Macron warned in comments published Sunday that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it lurches towards radical Islamism following the second coup in nine months.…

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Al Qaeda-linked group says it was behind killing of French soldiers in Mali

Al Qaeda’s North Africa wing has said it was responsible for the killing of three French soldiers in Mali, jihadist monitoring organisation SITE Intel reported on Saturday. The soldiers, who…

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French aid worker describes years in captivity in Mali desert

At one point during her four years in the hands of jihadist militants in northern Mali, French aid worker Sophie Petronin said she felt like giving up hope. She wandered…

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Kidnapped Mali politician, French aid worker and two Italians freed

Freed Malian politician Soumaila Cisse, French aid worker Sophie Petronin and two Italians arrived in Bamako on Thursday aboard a Malian military transport plane, ending their lengthy captivity in the…

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UN joins global condemnation of military takeover in Mali

The United Nations has joined global condemnation of the military takeover in Mali, which saw President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta forced to resign. The UN's Security Council echoed similar calls by…

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Mali soldiers promise civilian transition after president’s ouster

Soldiers who staged a military coup in Mali leading to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government said on Wednesday they plan to form a civilian transitional…

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Mali’s President Keita resigns after military mutiny

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned and dissolved parliament, hours after mutinying soldiers detained him and top officials from his government. “I want no blood to be spilled to…

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President and PM detained after Mali coup

UPDATE : 2000h A leader of the mutiny said both Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse had been detained by soldiers. "We can tell you that the…

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French forces kill Al-Qaeda chief in north Africa

French forces have killed al Qaeda's North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel in northern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. "On June 3, French army forces with the…

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UK military gears up for deployment in Mali

Britain is significantly stepping up its military support in West Africa to help combat the world's fastest growing Islamist-led insurgency. Over the past month, British troops have been helping train…

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Thirteen French soldiers die in helicopter accident in Mali

Thirteen French were killed on Monday in a helicopter accident during an operation against jihadist militants in northern Mali, the French president's office said in a statement on Tuesday, France 24 reports. The report…

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France says its troops killed a leading jihadist in the Sahel

French troops killed one of the Sahel region’s leading jihadists on Oct. 9, France’s defence minister said. Moroccan Ali Maychou of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) was…

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French soldier killed in Mali by roadside bomb

A French soldier was killed in Mali on Saturday after his armoured vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, France's presidency said in a statement. Corporal Ronan Pointeau died near…

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‘Terrorist attack’ on northern Mali military post kills more than 50 soldiers

Fifty-three soldiers were killed Friday in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, the government said. The assault is one of the deadliest…

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Three French and Estonian troops killed in suicide bombing in Mali

An apparent suicide car bomb exploded at the entrance to a French military base in the central Mali town of Gao, injuring at least three French and Estonian troops on…

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UK to send 250 troops to Mali for peacekeeping mission

The UK is to send 250 troops to Mali in the biggest peace-keeping deployment since Bosnia and potentially the most dangerous mission for British forces since Afghanistan. The soldiers will…

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24 children among those massacred in weekend attack in Mali

Boubou Cisse , the prime minister of Mali said that from the bodies recovered of a massacre of scores of people by a Malian ethnic fighter group, these included at…

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100 believed to be killed in attack in Central Mali village

Nearly 100 people have been killed in attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, reports say. The attack happened in Sobale Kou, close to…

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Dutch soldiers end UN stabilisation mission in Mali

Soldiers arrive at Eindhoven Air Base in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 17 May 2019. The last Dutch operational unit is back from Mali. The 80 soldiers have contributed five months to…

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‘Le Spider-Man’ who saved young boy in Paris has his first day in city’s Fire Brigade

The Mali immigrant dubbed “Le Spider-Man,” who saved a young boy dangling from a Paris balcony in May, just had his first day on the job with the city’s Fire…

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