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07/04/2012 - Mali

Ecowas ready to send troops to Mali against breakaway Tuareg state

Mali’s west African neighbours are threatening to send a military force to the north of the country after the military junta in Bamako agreed to return the country to civilian rule ...

06/04/2012 - France - Mali

Malian Tuareg independence declaration meaningless, says France and AU

Tuareg separatists’ declaration of independence in the north of Mali is “meaningless” unless it is recognised by African countries, French Defence Minister Gérard Longuet declared Friday.

04/04/2012 - France - Mali

France fears Al-Qaeda influence growing in north Mali

France is worried that Al-Qaeda’s influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to Tuareg ...

01/04/2012 - Mali

Mali coup leaders reinstate constitution as Timbuktu falls to Tuareg rebels

Mali’s army is reported to have deserted the military base of Timbuktu, the last town in the north under government control, as Tuareg separatists pounded it with heavy weapons.

04/01/2012 - France - Sri Lanka

France apologises to Sri Lanka over Tamil Tiger stamps

France has been forced to apologise to the Sri Lankan government after its post office issued “personalised” stamps supporting the armed separatist Tamil Tiger group, which is banned ...

21/12/2011 - Senegal

Senegal: 13 dead in Casamance attack

The Senegalese army says separatist rebels attacked its Diégoune barracks in the southern province of Casamance on Tuesday.

07/10/2011 - France - Turkey

France, Turkey sign anti-PKK cooperation deal

France and Turkey have signed a long-awaited deal that aims to increase a joint crackdown on the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), the Kurdish separatist group that has fought a long war with ...

04/10/2011 - Turkey

Turkish police arrest 130 alleged PKK members

Turkish police on Tuesday detained more than 130 people with suspected links to Kurdish rebels in three of the country’s main cities, media reports said.

Missing people in Kashmir
31/08/2011 - International report

Missing people in Kashmir

Rights groups have welcomed a report by the State Human Rights Commission of Indian-administered Kashmir, which confirms the existence of unmarked mass graves in the north of the state.

02/08/2011 - Indonesia - Papua

Thousands call for independence for West Papua

Thousands of Papuans demonstrated for independence from Indonesia in the provincial capital, Jayapura, Tuesday.

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