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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
April 5, 2012 Malian military junta leader Amadou Sanogo speaks to supporters at Bamako airport on March 29 in Bamako. (Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images) The main Tuareg-led rebel group that launched attacks across northern Mali announced a ceasefire...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The Algerian consul and six consular staff have been abducted in the northern Mali town of Gao, now controlled by Tuareg-led separatists, the Algerian government said on Thursday. But a spokesman for the separatist rebels said they had nothing to do...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
Military coup leader Amadou Sanogo has called on the west to intervene in the north against Al-Qaeda fighters allied to Tuareg rebels. France could provide logistical support to a west African force aiming to stop the advance of Al Qaida in the...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
AFP/Getty Images Tuareg-led separatist rebels have announced the end of their fight to create an "Azawad" state on the edge of the Sahara after sweeping across northern Mali during a political crisis after a coup. The ceasefire came ahead of a...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Malian junta leader captain Amadou Sanogo (L) and Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole (R) after a meeting at the Kati military camp near Bamako on March 31, 2012.Heavy weapons fire broke out as Tuareg and Islamist rebels entered Gao, the...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday there could only be a resolution to the Tuareg-led rebellion in the north of Mali through a political dialogue and urged regional cooperation to fight al-Qaida's expansion in the area. For long one...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Mali (AP) — The rebel group that recently seized control of Mali's three main northern cities, in a maneuver that effectively partitioned the country in two, announced a cease-fire Thursday, saying they had reached their military goal.
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
52 Tuareg have taken towns including Timbuktu in Mali's north. [Luc Gnago/Reuters] A spokesman for the main Tuareg rebel group which recently seized the three largest areas in Mali's north says it has declared a ceasefire, one day after the United...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
AP A soldier wears a button bearing the image of coup leader Capt. French acronym by which the ruling junta is known, as he stands guard at junta headquarters in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali on Sunday. The rebel group that recently seized control of...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-04-05 03:15 PM The United Nations Security Council condemned the Mali coup, called for the return of the elected president and expressed concern about al-Qaeda...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
Security Council Concerned Over Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation in Mali 4 April 2012 The Security Council today expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Mali, and called on all parties in the country to allow access to aid...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Security Council Wednesday strongly condemned assaults by rebels in northern Mali and the seizure of the government by military officials. The Security Council called for the immediate restoration of constitutional rule, the safe release of all...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
A few days ago, as more and more of northern Mali fell to the rebels, a text message began to circulate: Civilians and military alike, let's unite to liberate our country." As the international community watches Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Military leaders who seized power in Mali say they will hold a national convention to decide the country's future. The junta, which faces increasing economic and political pressure to return the country to civilian power, said Tuesday it would invite...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Mali's main political parties have rejected a call by military junta leaders for a "national convention" to sort out the country's political and security problems. The FDR coalition of 50 political parties and civil society groups released a...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
April 5, 2012 Read later Heritage listed the earthen mosque Sankore...She called on the Malian authorities and warring factions to respect the desert country's heritage, which she said was ''essential to the preservation of the identity of the people...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
UN Security Council urges end to fighting in Mali Civilians arrived in the capital Bamako from Timbuktu on Wednesday The UN Security Council has called for an end to hostilities in northern Mali and a return to constitutional rule two weeks after the...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Captain Amadou Sanogo, leader of the coup, has been calling the shots since the military took power, but said he plans to hold a meeting to discuss Mali 's future. "We call the entire political class and all civil society actors to... a...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
As three leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) are reported to have arrived in Timbuktu, Paris is "worried by the growing importance of Aqim and its allies", he said. On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppe raised his fear that...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
For long one of the most stable democracies in West Africa, Mali has plunged into turmoil since a widely condemned March 22 coup that emboldened Tuareg rebels in their quest for a northern homeland...The group, believed to number a few hundred...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
Mali's junta on Wednesday accused rebels controlling the northern city of Gao of grave human rights abuses, in particular the kidnap and rape of women and girls. "The populations of northern Mali, specifically those in Gao, are suffering grave human...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Must Read Sponsorship Link Although Mali is suffering from drought in the north of the country, the armed attacks have led to most NGOs' work being halted. The offices of the World Food Programme, Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam, and the...
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News 24
| 1 year ago
Mali's junta was facing increasing pressure to give up power on Wednesday, with world powers tightening the diplomatic screws as Islamists consolidate their grip on the north. The UN Security Council members were hammering out a joint statement on...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Mali's junta 'may charge' President Toure with treason Mali's president Amadou Toumani Toure was ousted in a military coup in March Mali's ruling military junta has said it is considering charging the ousted president with high treason. Coup leader...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The African Union has imposed sanctions on the leader of Mali's military coup and allies the bloc says are helping prevent the return of constitutional order. Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said the AU slapped a travel ban and asset freeze on junta...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Sanctions on Mali spark fuel and cash panic video Malians rush to petrol stations and banks to stock up after the Economic Commission of West African States, Ecowas, imposed sanctions on the country to try to force a return to civilian rule. A...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
EDT For centuries, Timbuktu was a mythical city of the imagination, too remote for explorers to reach, its very name a symbol of exotic mystery. Even recently, a survey by a travel agency found that a majority of Britons were convinced that Timbuktu...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Must Read Sponsorship Link Like us on Facebook In addition to being home to so many treasured relics, Timbuktu is remembered as a major trading center between black Africa and the Middle East. Timbuktu brought together black Africans, Berbers, Arabs,...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles For long one of the most stable democracies in West Africa, Mali has plunged into turmoil since a widely condemned March 22 coup that emboldened Tuareg rebels to seize half the country in their quest for a northern homeland. They have been...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The fighting in northern Mali could damage the World Heritage Site of Timbuktu, the UN's cultural agency Unesco has warned. Timbuktu's "outstanding architectural wonders" must be safeguarded, Unesco head Irina Bokova said in a statement...West...
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Mail and Guardian
| 1 year ago
Islamists gained ground in northern Mali, jostling with Tuareg rebels for control of the vast desert region as the troubled nation's military rulers faced fuel and money shortages from sanctions on Tuesday. The United Nations Security Council was on...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on Mali Tuesday, as military coup leaders remain in power and West African nations levy diplomatic and financial sanctions on the country. Monday to close all borders between Mali...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
Some 200,000 people have fled fighting in Mali, where widespread looting in key northern towns has also forced the UN food agency to suspend its activities, UN agencies said Tuesday. "This 200,000 figure may rise," warned a World Food Programme...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles The 15-member community of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) held a regional summit and announced that they had closed borders to trade and frozen Mali 's access to bank accounts. Alassane Ouattara, chairman of Ecowas...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
All borders into landlocked Mali could be closed and its central bank starved of cash as the country's neighbours attempt to force the controlling junta to restore democracy after last month's coup. Leaders in West Africa met Monday to plot...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The Tuareg Uprising Tuaregs are an ethnically Berber, nomadic people in West Africa's Sahel and Sahara regions. Tuareg fighters have staged multiple uprisings in Mali and Niger for greater autonomy. Current Mali rebellion began in January after...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) had imposed a Monday deadline for the coup plotters to step down. The chief of the junta in Mali had promised to restore civilian rule and call new elections, but so far hasn't done so.
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
The fall of Timbuktu, a backwater deep in the Sahara, is the latest in a series of steady advances by the rebels and another setback for a nation struggling to come to grips with a coup that deposed its elected president last month and replaced him...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
07 West African leaders have said they will impose severe diplomatic, trade and financial sanctions on Mali, after the country's ruling military failed to fully restore constitutional order in line with an earlier directive.
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Just 12 days after they stormed the presidential palace, the young officers that seized control of Mali in a coup were slapped Monday with harsh financial sanctions that could cause the country to run out of gasoline.
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
Mali's junta faced mounting military and diplomatic pressure yesterday as West African states mulled sanctions and Tuareg rebels extended their grip on the north after seizing the city of Timbuktu. Low-ranking officers ousted the government on March...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
EPA Fears are growing for residents in northern Mali as separatist rebel fighters tighten their grip on key strategic towns, imposing strict Islamic rule. Tuareg rebels, who have made massive advances in the region since a military coup toppled the...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
Mali faces an economic blockade after a day of contrasting democratic fortunes in West Africa, where Senegal swore in its newly-elected president and pressure mounted on coup leaders in Bamako to step down. Leaders who assembled in Senegal's capital...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles A lightning 72-hour advance by rebels over the weekend, which exploited the chaotic aftermath of a military coup in the distant capital, is the latest threat to stability in West Africa, whose leaders met for crisis talks in Senegal . Coup...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
Junta leader Amadou Sanogo pledged to re-establish, the country's constitution of February 25 of 1992 and the state institutions of the republic, according to the statement issued in Mali's capital city Bamako. Sanogo also said the junta agreed to...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Desert rebels fighting Mali's military junta have seized the ancient trading city of Timbuktu the last remaining government bastion in the north of the country. The Tuareg force planted its flag in the ancient city, a day after it took control of the...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
Last week, precisely Thursday, March 22, 2012, a team of young military officers deposed President Toure , whose tenure is due to expire in in April this year over alleged failure to quell Tuareg insurgency in the northern part of the country. The...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
33 Tuareg rebels have captured the ancient city of Timbuktu amid growing instability in Mali in the wake of a military coup last week. "[Tuareg rebels] have arrived in the town. They are planting their flag," El Hadj Baba Haidara, a member of...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
The coup, a month before President Amadou Toumani Toure was due to step down for elections, has shattered the international reputation of stability and democracy that Africa's No 3 gold producer previously enjoyed. The push by rebels, whose ranks...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Malian soldiers who ousted the president last month have pledged to cede power, as their West African neighbours threaten sanctions. Coup leader Amadou Sanogo, who last week unveiled a new constitution, said he would restore the 1992 constitution.
