Mali

Mali

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  France: jihadist convert arrested in Mali

  French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video ... 

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  A terrorist sleeper cell dismantled in Mali

  Police in Mali's capital have dismantled a terrorist cell belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, three officials ... 

• France to slash 24K military jobs, seeking savings

  France will cut a further 24,000 military jobs by 2019 as it faces up to its decades of deficit spending while still trying to maintain a force ready ... 

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  French forces leaving Malian town of Timbuktu

  Dozens of French forces have left the northern Malian town of Timbuktu several months after their military operation largely ousted radical Islamic ... 

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  Lonely year for French president at time of crisis

  The sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country's economy ... 

• UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali

  The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half ... 

• French journalist expelled from north Mali

  The Malian military says it has expelled a French journalist from northern Mali who had documented civilian deaths blamed on Malian soldiers. Lt. Col. 

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  Car bomb at French Embassy in Libya wounds 3

  A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside the French Embassy in Tripoli, wounding three people and partially setting the building on fire in the worst ... 

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  Spain: 2 suspected al-Qaida branch members held

  Police have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaida's North African branch in Spain, one of whom Spanish authorities alleged praised the Boston ... 

• President: Mali will be ready for July vote

  Mali's interim president on Friday sought to reassure international partners that the country fighting a war against radical Islamic fighters will be ... 

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  French family of 7 taken hostage in Cameroon freed

  A French family with four young children kidnapped at gunpoint by Islamic extremists in northern Cameroon was freed after two months of captivity in ... 

• AQIM warns France, allies face threat after Mali

  Al-Qaida's North Africa branch on Thursday threatened to seek revenge against all countries taking part in the French-led war in Mali, warning that ... 

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  Family: 24-hour delay to report US pilot missing

  The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start ... 

• Report: Ansar Dine spokesman seeks surrender

  A spokesman for an al-Qaida-linked group in northern Mali wants to surrender and be extradited to face trial in his home country of Mauritania, ... 

• French president warns of security threats

  French President Francois Hollande is warning of threats to France related to fighting in Mali and Syria, but says there is "no reason to raise the ... 

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  Chad's leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war

  The war against armed Islamic extremists in Mali will lose some 2,000 Chadian soldiers, the president of Chad said, leaving Malian cities more ... 

• UN peacekeeping force proposed for Mali

  France has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would authorize a U.N. peacekeeping force to stabilize key towns in northern Mali and help promote ...