Voice of America
| 11 months ago
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs subcommittee held a hearing on the threat of Islamist terrorists in northern Mali. Senior U.S. government officials and research institute experts appeared in front of a congressional panel to discuss the...
Daily Nation
| 11 months ago
Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith) have taken firm control of Mali's vast north. Two other witnesses reported seeing Algerian jihadists in Gao, who have much lighter skin than their Malian counterparts, and Afghan clothing. Ansar Dine leader Iyad Ag...
Fox News
| 11 months ago
Mali Islamist fighters with ties to al-Qaida say they now control the northern half of Mali after driving out a Tuareg separatist group. However, the Tuareg group says they still control at least 90 percent of northern Mali, and have only lost the...
Arab News
| 11 months ago
West African leaders met in the Ivory Coast capital Friday in a bid to end the crisis in Mali, as Islamist rebel groups which have seized the north of the country strengthened their hold...Malian crisis, and Mahamadou Issoufou, president of Mali's...
Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Luis Ramirez June 29, 2012 U.S. military leaders are promising a small-scale, but effective plan for dealing with terrorist threats throughout Africa. The head of the military's Africa Command says that U.S. forces are carrying out reconnaissance...
Al Jazeera
| 11 months ago
Malian city on the list of endangered World Heritage sites as tension simmers between rival armed groups. Last Modified: 29 Jun 2012 08:19 The Tuareg want a secular independent state, but are been pushed aside by Ansar Dine fighters [Reuters] The...
International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
June 28, 2012 Islamist militants linked to Al Qaeda declared Thursday that they had secured control of Mali 's northern desert, a day after pushing their former Tuareg separatist allies out of the town of Gao in a gun battle that killed at least 20...
