Two rebel groups that seized nothern Mali two months ago agree to merge and turn their territory into an Islamist state, both sides say. full story ![]()
GAO, Mali (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels are moving to exert their own authority over north Mali by issuing security passes for the region, officials and residents said on Friday, underscoring the challenge of unifying the West African state before planned elections.
reuters.com (2 months and 10 days ago)
Just two weeks after French and Malian troops took back towns in the North of Mali -- residents in Gao still live in fear.
palmbeachpost.com (3 months and 10 days ago)

N'DJAMENA, Chad — The Chadian army says that its troops killed 65 Islamic extremist rebels and destroyed five vehicles in fierce fighting northern Mali. The Chadian military said in a statement Saturday on state broadcasting that 13 Chadian soldiers were also killed and six were wounded in the fighting Friday in northern Mali. The statement said the clashes were in the Adrar...
huffingtonpost.com (3 months ago)
French troops will take part in a future U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after they end their task of clearing al-Qaida-linked rebels out of Mali's vast northern region.
foxnews.com (1 month and 19 days ago)

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.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 28 days ago)
PARIS (Reuters) - Mali's Tuareg separatist rebels dismissed French calls to disarm ahead of July elections on Wednesday saying they would fight to the death if Malian troops entered areas under its control, underscoring the challenge of unifying the West African state.
reuters.com (29 days ago)
THE French military says it has killed more than 150 Islamist rebels since mid-February in fighting for Mali's north.
news.com.au (2 months and 18 days ago)

Islamist rebels have attacked Gao in northern Mali, officials say.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 1 day ago)

Malians have found life under sharia law difficult. But for many Tuareg, the country's traditionally nomadic people, everyday life has been far worseHamid did not touch his guitar from the day rebels arrived in the Mali town of Gao until the day the Islamists left. The Tuareg musician lived under the puritanical rule of the Mujao militia from April 2012 until the French army...
guardian.co.uk (1 month and 19 days ago)
GAO, Mali (Reuters) - The top Tuareg officer in Mali's army urged France on Friday to keep its forces in Mali for as long as it takes to drive out Islamist rebels for good.
reuters.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
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