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Mali military enters fabled town of Timbuktu
Backed by French helicopters and paratroopers, Malian soldiers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday after al-Qaida-linked militants who ruled ...
French, Mali forces head toward Timbuktu
French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the ...
US begins transporting French troops to Mali
Pentagon officials say the U.S. airlift of French forces to Bamako could continue for another two weeks. It's expected to take about 30 C-17 flights ...
French seize control of 2 key Mali towns
French troops in armored personnel carriers rolled through the streets of Diabaly on Monday, winning praise from residents of this besieged town after ...
French airstrikes jolt Islamists in Malian town
Backed by French air strikes, Malian forces appeared close to recapturing a key central town in Mali where bands of al-Qaida-linked fighters had holed ...
France says Africans need to take lead in Mali
France's foreign minister said Saturday that "our African friends need to take the lead" in a military intervention to oust extremists from power in ...
Africa forces' role in Mali faces diverse snags
West African nations that promised to send troops to fight al-Qaida in Mali are finding it's a lot trickier than they'd hoped to actually get boots ...
French encircle key Malian town of Diabaly
French troops encircled a key Malian town on Friday to stop radical Islamists from striking closer to the capital, a French official said. The move ...
A look at what countries are contributing to Mali
Here's a look at what countries are providing to help Mali's battle against armed Islamic extremists who have occupied the country's north since March
Mali rebels make gains, vow to avenge French bombs
Despite a punishing bombardment by French warplanes, al-Qaida-linked insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on Monday, seizing a strategic military ...
A closer look at West African nation of Mali
Here's a close look at the West African nation of Mali, where French forces launched a military operation last week to oust al-Qaida-linked militants ...
Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels
The battle to retake Mali's north from the al-Qaida-linked groups controlling it began in earnest Saturday, after hundreds of French forces deployed ...
AP Interview: UN chief says Mali getting more help
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that France, Senegal and Nigeria have responded to an appeal from Mali's president for help to counter an ...
Mali army, Islamist rebels clash
The Mali army attacked Islamist rebels with heavy weapons in the center of the country which divides the insurgent-held north and the ...
Mali's Islamists withdraw cease-fire pledge
An Islamist group in northern Mali says it's suspending its pledge to halt hostilities less than a month after it agreed to do so. The group Ansar ...
Mali's PM resigns, after being arrested by junta
Mali's prime minister presented his resignation on state television in a broadcast at 4 a.m. local time, hours after soldiers who led Mali's recent ...
Mali: Demonstrators call for military intervention
Police say that Malians demonstrated for an international military intervention to regain control of the country's north, which is currently ...
Islamists push secular Tuaregs into Mali desert
Islamists in northern Mali say they have pushed the secular Tuareg rebels out of a northwestern town and into the desert and now control the main Mali ...
French citizen kidnapped in southwest Mali
A French citizen has been kidnapped in southwest Mali, far from the northern zone controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants that African countries are ...