Idriss Deby

Idriss Deby

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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 ... 

• C. African Republic: March in favor of new leader

  A demonstration in support of Central African Republic's new leader Michel Djotodia was held in the capital, Bangui, on Saturday. Several hundred ... 

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  France: Key al-Qaida chief in Mali likely killed

  France said Monday for the first time that a key al-Qaida leader in Mali is probably dead. An activist close to the terror network's north Africa ... 

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  Chad's president: Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali

  Chadian President Idriss Deby announced Friday that Chadian troops fighting to dislodge an al-Qaida affiliate in northern Mali killed one of the ... 

• 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 ... 

• Chad president says troops heading to Mali

  The north-central African nation of Chad is sending troops to help Mali battle radical Islamist insurgents who control a vast swath of territory along ... 

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  France chooses Africa intervention carefully

  France has a history of intervention in Africa, where it was a colonial power for decades and still maintains several military sites and has hundreds ... 

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  Peace deal announced for C. African Republic

  Central African Republic President Francois Bozize and the rebels who sought to overthrow him have reached a deal that will allow him to stay in ... 

• African leader aims for Mali mission in early 2013

  U.N.-mandated African forces could intervene early next year to dislodge al-Qaida-affiliates from their new stronghold in northern Mali, Ivory Coast's ...