Daily Nation
The United Nations is speeding up planning for a peacekeeping force in Mali as French and Malian troops steamroller into territory seized by Islamists, diplomats and officials said Wednesday. The UN Security Council could start talks within days on...
Daily Nation
Niger said Wednesday it was ready to host a base for US drones monitoring movements by Al-Qaeda-linked groups currently based in northern Mali. "If Niger has an opportunity to receive support in the shape of aircraft or drones to monitor suspicious...
Al Jazeera
20 Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports on abuses committed by the al-Qaeda-linked group Ansar Dine in Mali French troops have taken control of the airport in the northern Malian town of Kidal, the last rebel stronghold in the north, according to the...
Inter Press Service
IPS Articles What the latest military activity is not doing is dealing with the Tuareg problem which has to be addressed seriously, he told IPS. Jan. 11, Washington has taken a series of steps both to support the offensive and to broaden its own...
The Christian Science Monitor
Their parting act last week was to burn some of the institute's medieval manuscripts.
Epoch Times
January 30, 2013 The West African country of Niger has granted the United States permission to deploy surveillance drones to gain more intelligence on Islamist fighters in northern Mali. Niger has given the green light to accepting surveillance...