French in tough fight in northern Mali
France's defense minister said Tuesday that French troops are involved in "very violent fighting" in the mountains of northern Mali and that it's too ...
Mali radicals recruited child soldiers at schools
The radical Islamic fighters showed up at Mohamed Salia's Quranic school, armed with weapons and demanding to address his students. The leader, named ...
Mali rebels fighting in Gao; car explodes in Kidal
Islamic extremists clashed with military in Mali's northern city of Gao, a military official said Thursday, as French forces continued their push to ...
Cameroon president orders urgent rescue of French
Military helicopters are searching for a vacationing French family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon, and security around the region is being increased ...
Moment of reckoning for French troops in Mali
It's crunch time in Mali for the French military. Radical Islamist fighters spent weeks on the run from Malian cities under a French ground and air ...
French soldier killed in Mali clash with radicals
A French soldier was shot to death on Tuesday in a clash with jihadists in a mountainous region of Mali's far north, a critical operation in France's ...
Nigeria hostage crisis differs from Algerian drama
The kidnapping of seven foreign workers in Nigeria claimed by an Islamic extremist group has touched a nerve in Europe, coming just weeks after the ...
US legislators in Mali on fact-finding mission
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with military officials in Mali's capital on Monday, and urged caution as the French-led military intervention to ...
French, Malian forces take control of Bourem
Hundreds of French and Malian soldiers have retaken the jihadist stronghold of Bourem, a town where many radical Islamic fighters were believed to ...
French, Mali troops recover explosives in Gao
French soldiers on Wednesday recovered an enormous stash of explosives that authorities believe radical Islamic fighters were using to make bombs for ...
French, Malian troops control Gao; seek out rebels
Malian soldiers scoured the city of Gao on Monday for remnants of the radical Islamic fighters who invaded the town and engaged in an hours-long fight ...
Islamic extremists attack Malian troops in Gao
Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on the most populous ...
Locals: Mali suicide bomber tied to terror leader
A young militant who locals say had ties with terror leader Moktar Belmoktar blew himself up Friday near a military checkpoint on the outskirts of ...
Timbuktu mausoleums: Rebuilding takes money, mud
Mud, money and more security: The U.N.'s cultural agency said Friday that not much more is needed to help rebuild 11 mausoleums that Islamic ...
Ex-US envoy: $17M French ransom funded al-Qaida
A former U.S. ambassador to Mali has alleged that France paid a $17 million ransom to free hostages seized from a French mining site — cash she said ...
Mali: French troops begin withdrawal from Timbuktu
French troops began to withdraw from Timbuktu Thursday after securing the fabled city as they ramped up their mission in another northern Mali city, ...
Stash of weapons, rocket rattle Mali town of Gao
Soldiers combing abandoned jihadist hideouts and sand-dusted streets for weapons have found industrial-strength explosives, raising the specter ...
Report: French may start leaving Mali in March
French troops may start pulling out of their anti-extremist operation in Mali as early as next month, handing over to a still-developing African force
France: 4 detained suspected of extremist links
French authorities detained four people Tuesday in a counterterrorism operation targeting those suspected of trying to join Islamist extremists abroad
French troops to quit Timbuktu this week
In a new phase of the Mali conflict, French airstrikes targeted the fuel depots and desert hideouts of Islamic extremists in northern Mali overnight ...
Heading home to Timbuktu: New freedoms, tensions
Not a single light could be seen in my hometown of Timbuktu as we approached it at night just days after it was liberated from the al-Qaida-linked ...
French forces launch airstrikes in northern Mali
French troops launched airstrikes on Islamic militant training camps and arms depots around Kidal and Tessalit in Mali's far north, defense officials ...
French president visits Mali to cheers of support
French President Francois Hollande bathed in the cheers and accolades of the thousands of people of this embattled city on Saturday, making a ...
Freedom returns to the storied city of Timbuktu
On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up ...
Timbuktu revels in new freedom but fears linger
A leaflet listing the regulations for women under Islamist rule now lies in dirt here at the tribunal in Timbuktu. Rule No. 1: The veil should cover ...
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