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2/23/2013 12:06:56 PM
Chad's military says 13 soldiers and 65 Islamist rebels were killed in heavy fighting in the mountains of northern Mali near the Algeria border Friday
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2/22/2013 10:51:03 AM
Al-Qaeda-linked Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa claims responsibility for suicide bombing near camp occupied by French and Chadian troops in Mali, warns of more attacks
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2/10/2013 10:35:42 AM
Massive explosion near Gao in northern Mali late Saturday just hours after villagers near the city detained two youths preparing suicide bombings
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1/26/2013 2:08:28 PM
Mali and French troops advance on the Islamist stronghold of Gao, as aid groups warn of rising food insecurity as fighting escalated in the drought-wracked Sahel
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1/25/2013 11:39:18 AM
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1/21/2013 3:34:15 PM
The European Union offers to host a ministerial meeting to discuss the Malian crisis amid moves to oust Islamist rebels from the north of the west African state
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1/20/2013 2:38:07 PM
Security forces find the bodies of 25 foreigners as they comb a desert gas plant after a deadly stand-off with Islamists, and witnesses said nine Japanese hostages had been executed
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1/18/2013 3:13:58 PM
The ECOWAS reveals readiness to deploy military troops in Mali to fight against Al-Qaeda linked Islamists after winning UN Security Council support for intervention in December
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1/17/2013 1:11:12 PM
France announces that it is enhancing its presence in Mali by sending 1,400 troops so far to help the army of that African country in their 'fight' against the Islamists
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1/14/2013 10:56:23 AM
Mali's Islamists vow to revenge the French attacks on their bases and threaten that France is a main target in Africa and also in Europe
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1/13/2013 1:16:53 PM
Military operations in Mali will not stop until the Islamists retreat from northern Mali positions, says French defence minister
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1/12/2013 12:36:22 PM
West African regional bloc ECOWAS will begin sending soldiers to Mali by Monday as part of a mission to drive al Qaeda-linked fighters from the country's north, an Ivory Coast government official said on Saturday
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12/24/2012 3:22:01 PM
Part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle 'extremists', a US Army brigade will start to send small teams in almost 35 African countries early next year
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12/19/2012 2:58:24 PM
A tanker was attacked and looted and five of its crew members were abducted by pirates off the coast of Nigeria
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12/9/2012 10:23:20 AM
President John Dramani Mahama is the likely president-elect of Ghana, local media reports
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12/8/2012 5:48:26 PM
A growing number of Malians, including in the military, feel abandoned by the international community and are advocating unilateral action to reclaim the north from Islamist militia if foreign armies are too slow to the rescue
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12/8/2012 4:04:42 PM
Early results showed John Dramani Mahama,with 49.98 percent and Nana Akufo-Addo with 48.53 percent in 70 of 275 districts
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11/13/2012 8:31:19 PM
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11/13/2012 2:37:57 PM
Following the latest issuance, the West African nation's 2032 Eurobond grows to $2.5 billion
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11/11/2012 4:42:30 PM
Islamist groups that have held northern Mali for the past seven months may find themselves facing some 5500 troops from mainly African countries, as West Africa attempts to oust the rebels
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