Mali

  • Nov 12, 2012
  • 2 min read

Mali action plans will manifest in delays and doubts

West African heads of state agreed in Abuja yesterday to deploy 3,300 troops to Mali.

Mali
  • Nov 9, 2012
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Better French ties will not sway Algeria's Mali policy

The French parliament yesterday approved March 19 as the date commemorating the end of France's...

Algeria
  • Nov 7, 2012
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Algeria favours soft long-term Sahel policy

The radical Islamist Ansar Dine group of northern Mali renounced violence yesterday and called on...

Algeria
  • Oct 26, 2012
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Algerian consent will not speed up Mali intervention

Algeria has given its tacit approval for an African-led intervention in northern Mali, according...

Algeria
  • Oct 23, 2012
  • 7 min read

Rains mask structural food insecurity in the Sahel

The current focus on instability and Islamist insurgencies in West Africa's Sahel region takes...

West Africa
  • Oct 18, 2012
  • 7 min read

Mali military intervention is far from imminent

UN and African Union representatives meet tomorrow with those from regional bloc ECOWAS to refine...

Mali
  • Sep 25, 2012
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UN will probably opt for Mali dialogue over force

Ahead of a UN General Assembly meeting on Sahelian issues tomorrow, Security Council members have...

Mali
  • Sep 21, 2012
  • 11 min read

Local issues drive and constrain Africa Sahel jihadis

Following northern Mali's crisis this year, speculation has grown that the central and western...

Africa