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Mali's interim president injured by pro-junta protesters
22/05/2012 - African news explained

Mali's interim president injured by pro-junta protesters

Mali's interim president was injured by pro-junta protesters who stormed the presidential palace on Monday.

Ecowas sends troops to Guinea Bissau but not Mali
16/05/2012 - African news explained

Ecowas sends troops to Guinea Bissau but not Mali

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) is preparing to send 600 troops to Guinea Bissau on Friday following last month's coup in the former Portuguese colony.

What chance a solution for Mali and Guinea Bissau?
14/05/2012 - African news explained

What chance a solution for Mali and Guinea Bissau?

Military chiefs from West African countries are set to meet later today in the Nigerian capital Abuja to discuss the situation in Mali and Guinea Bissau, following military coups earlier this ...

07/05/2012 - Report: Mali

Islamists burn World Heritage Site in Timbuktu

In the northern Malian city, Timbuktu, Ansar Dine Islamist fighters burned the shrine of a local saint on Friday.

03/05/2012 - France

Ecowas leaders to discuss Mali amid continued tension in Bamako

West African leaders are to discuss the turmoil in crisis-hit Mali at a summit in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Thursday after soldiers who overthrew an elected government in March defeated a ...

01/05/2012 - Mali

Rebel soldiers 'control situation' in Mali capital, Bamako

The soldiers who staged a putsch in Mali five weeks ago said on Tuesday they were in control of the situation in the capital Bamako after they defeated an overnight counter-coup by forces loyal to ...

Tuareg rebels and Islamists accused  of war crimes in north Mali
01/05/2012 - African news explained

Tuareg rebels and Islamists accused of war crimes in north Mali

The US-based NGO, Human Rights Watch, says Tuareg rebels and Islamist groups are committing war crimes in northern Mali.

A demonstration in Abidjan against coup leaders during an ECOWAS summit on Mali and Guinea Bissau
27/04/2012 - France - Mali

France to support Ecowas troops in Mali, Guinea Bissau

France has welcomed plans by West African leaders to send troops to Mali and Guinea Bissau.

20/04/2012

African press review 20 April 2012

A rape case prompts soul-searching in South Africa.

18/04/2012

French press review 18 April 2012

Is French election law out of date? Will Bayrou be the presidential kingmaker? Are the French a nation of petrol thieves? What law do millions of French women break every day?

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