Tag: Mali
Mali: Gunbattle rocks Gao after suicide attack
GAO, Mali(AFP) – A gunbattle broke out in northern Mali’s largest city Sunday following two straight days of suicide bombings,…
Moses: I’m Good To Play
Nigerian forward Victor Moses has shrugged off an injury he picked up in the 4-1 thrashing of Mali in the…
Keshi: We Won’t Underrate Burkina Faso
Chief Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Stephen Keshi has said that his team will not underrate the Stallions…
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AFCON 2013: Nigeria’s Eagles maul Mali to reach finals
Former champions Nigeria and underdogs, shamed the bookmakers once again as they crushed Mali 4-1 Wednesday to reach the Africa…
Nations Cup: Burkina Faso Tie Will Be Tough
Talk of an epic Africa Cup of Nations final between heavyweights Ghana and Nigeria has already begun. But Ghana will…
Fegor, Onazi give Keshi selection stress
Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles head coach, on Tuesday admitted that he had been having headache selecting players at the…
Mali: France admits killing hundreds of Islamists
Several hundred Islamists have been killed in airstrikes and direct combat in Mali since France launched an offensive to drive…
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Nigeria’s Eagles send Ivory Coast home
Nigeria, rated the underdog, shocked title favourites Ivory Coast 2-1 Sunday in an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final at Royal…
AFCON 2013: Mali knock out South Africa
Mali played party poopers in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals for the second time within a year as they…
Nigeria, Ivory Coast showdown excites fans
One of three all-west African quarter-final clashes, between Ivory Coast and Nigeria, will headline the first knockout round of the…
Nations Cup: Ghana, Mali advance
BIMBO AJAYI The Black Stars of Ghana and Eagles of Mali Monday night advanced to the quarter final stage of…
Nations Cup: Ghana’s Black Stars Outshine Mali
BIMBO AJAYI The Black Stars of Ghana Thursday evening, brightened their chances of making the knockout stage of the ongoing…
Mali: Nigerian, African troops begin offensive
Nigerian and African forces were moving towards Mali’s centre Thursday, as pressure grew on Malian troops over summary killings and…
Keita fires Mali past spirited Niger
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AFP) – Mali denied determined Niger a first point at the Africa Cup of Nations when…
Jonathan boosts troop deployment to Mali
Nigeria has boosted its troop allotment for Mali to 1,200 soldiers from 900 planned earlier as part of an African…
Algeria ends desert siege with high death toll
Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex, In Amenas, to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were…
Jonathan set for Abidjan talks on Mali
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire tomorrow for an Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of…
50 killed in Algeria’s hostage crisis
Algerian troops Thursday launched strikes on a gas complex where Islamists are holding dozens of foreigners killing nearly 50 people,…
Nigerian paratroopers depart for Mali
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigerian Air force contingent made up 69 Paratroopers and Seven officers departed for the crisis-ridden West African…
Mali: Algeria hostage takers demand army pull out
Islamist extremists and three of 41 hostages they are holding at an Algerian gas field demanded Thursday, in interviews with…
Nigeria, others set to send troops to Mali
The first troops from a regional West African force were bound for Mali on Tuesday to shore up a five-day…
West African leaders to meet over Mali
An emergency summit of leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS has been set for Wednesday in Abidjan as countries in…
Africa’s Islamists kill 3 French soldiers
A French pilot was killed during a helicopter raid to prevent Islamist groups controlling northern Mali from advancing toward the…
Nigerian commander, Air Force tech staff in Mali
Nigeria has sent an air force technical team and the commander of a planned African-led force to Mali to assist…
US may send drones to Mali
The US military is looking at providing intelligence, aerial refueling tankers and other support to French forces in Mali, including…
West African troops deployed to Mali to fight Islamists
The chairman of west African bloc ECOWAS on Friday authorised the immediate deployment of troops to Mali, a statement said…
Malian rebels derail peace talks
One of the armed Islamist groups occupying northern Mali, Ansar Dine, said Thursday it was revoking a pledge to end…
Mali: Veering Toward A Nigerian Vietnam
BY OSUOLALE ALALADE With the unnerving undercurrents of developments in the vast wastelands of the Sahel and the Sahara in…
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…