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09/04/2013 - France - Mali

France withdraws first soldiers from Mali

France has withdrawn around 100 soldiers from Mali, the army announced on Tuesday.

31/03/2013 - Mali

Suicide bombing, jihadi attack in central Timbuktu

Fighting in the historic northern Mali town of Timbuktu this weekend left three Islamist fighters dead and five Malian troops wounded, the Malian army said Sunday.

09/03/2013 - France - Mali - Burkina Faso

Le Drian declares Mali jihadis 70 per cent wiped out, heads for Ouagadougou

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was to meet Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaoré on Saturday after declaring France’s task in Mali 70 per cent accomplished.

08/03/2013 - Mali - France

Two French Islamist fighters extradited from Mali

A French jihadi fighter was to be extradited from Mali on Friday, according to Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian who said that the man is the second Islamist to be sent to France this week.

06/03/2013 - Report: France - Mali

Mali's desert sounds saved by sim card

Christopher Kirkley went to the north of Mali three years ago and came back with music taken from sim cards.

25/02/2013 - Mali Exclusive

Aqim leader condemns destruction of Mali mausoleums in secret papers found by RFI journalist

RFI journalist Nick Champeaux and a journalist from French newspaper

19/02/2013 - Mali - France

Unesco agrees 5.6 million-euro plan to save Mali’s cultural treasures

11 of Timbuktu’s 16 mausoleums have been demolished and up to 3000 priceless manuscripts have been destroyed, since islamists took control of northern Mali in 2012.

03/02/2013 - Mali - France

Slideshow: Mali welcomes Hollande in Timbuktu and Bamako

France will stay in Mali as long as necessary, President François Hollande told an enthusiastic crowd in Bamako after visiting the northern city of Timbuktu Saturday. French warplanes ...

02/02/2013 - Mali - France

France's task in Mali not yet over, Hollande declares on Timbuktu visit

France’s task in Mali is not over, French President François Hollande declared during Saturday’s visit to the historic city of Timbuktu.

A Asongo, au sud de Gao, le 29 janvier 2013.

02/02/2013 - Mali - France

Hollande given hero's welcome in Timbuktu

French President François Hollande has been welcomed by hundreds of residents of Timbuktu, the historic town in northern Mali that French and Malian soldiers recaptured from armed Islamists ...