Tag: Mali
US General details Boko Haram link’s with Mali’s Al Qaeda
General Carter F.Ham, an American military commander in Africa has detailed how Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants have been receiving training…
Nigeria’s Eaglets Beat Mali, Qualify For AJC
Bamidele Olowosoagba Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets Sunday evening booked a place at Morocco 2013 African Junior Championship, AJC, when they defeated…
Mali’s extremist muslims whip unmarried couples
Militant Islamists in the north of Mali gave three unmarried couples 100 lashes of the whip each on Thursday in…
600 Nigerian soldiers going to Mali
Nigeria will contribute 600 soldiers to the proposed 3,200 West African troops soon to be deployed to Mali, the Minister…
ECOWAS agrees on 3,300 strong force for Mali
West African leaders at an emergency summit on Sunday agreed on a 3,300-strong force to wrest control of northern Mali…
Extremists in Mali destroy more historic monuments
Radical Islamists,controlling northern Mali on Saturday took a bulldozer to the independence monument in Timbuktu, where they have destroyed several…
AU readmits crisis-torn Mali
The African Union has readmitted Mali after suspending it from the pan-African bloc following a March coup, and backed plans…
Balkanized Mali seeks UN nod for military intervention
UNITED NATIONS(AFP) – Mali has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting authorization for a West African-led military…
Northern Malians Protest in Bamako
Protesters from northern Mali on Wednesday held a sit-in in Bamako against Islamists who have enforced strict sharia, destroyed ancient…
Al-Qaeda threatens ECOWAS nations
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has threatened to act “with firmness and determination” against anyone collaborating with a West African…
Mali’s lawless Islamic group destroys 15th c. shrine
Armed Islamists from a hardline group occupying lawless northern Mali on Saturday destroyed the shrine of a revered Muslim saint…
UNESCO lists Mali’s Timbuktu as endangered world heritage
The United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Thursday listed the entire town of Timbuktu in Mali as endangered world heritage…
Niger, Chad, Mali face hunger prospect, says FAO
In its latest global food forecast for this year, the UN’s food agency, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has predicted…
Mali in Chaos as North forms Islamic state
Mali’s embattled transitional government on Sunday rejected a rebel alliance’s declaration of an Islamic state in the vast desert north,…
Mali Coup leader to have status of Ex-Head of state
The leader of putschists who ousted Mali’s president in March will retain the title of former head of state and…