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West Africa bloc chairman: Mali coup set dangerous trend in Sahel
Feb 04, 2022 05:04The chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says a coup in Mali has been “contagious” and led to subsequent military takeovers across the troubled region.
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France, 14 other countries urge Mali to let Danish forces stay
Jan 27, 2022 09:49France and 14 other countries have called on Mali to allow Danish special forces to remain in the African country, whose transitional government insists that they have entered Mali without formal invitation and must immediately withdraw.
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French soldier killed in attack on military base in Mali
Jan 23, 2022 08:57A French soldier has been killed in a mortar attack on France’s main military base in northern Mali, according to the French Presidential office.
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France quits Northern Mali in disgrace after 9 years of failure
Dec 16, 2021 03:21France has withdrawn from Northern Mali and the historic city of Timbuktu nine years after launching a war without the initial approval of the United Nations or even French parliament.
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French forces leave Mali’s Timbuktu base after nearly a decade
Dec 15, 2021 08:46French troops have left a key military base in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, handing it over to the Malian army nearly a decade after a military intervention in the West African country.
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Terror attack on bus in Mali leaves 31 dead, many more injured
Dec 04, 2021 06:01Daesh-linked terrorists in central Mali have reportedly killed more than 30 people on a bus ferrying them to a local market amid persisting violent insurgency in the West African nation.
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French soldier killed in Mali
Oct 13, 2021 05:22France says one of its soldiers has been killed during a “maintenance operation” in northern Mali.
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Mali accuses France of training ‘terrorists’ in country
Oct 08, 2021 16:11Mali says it has evidence that France has been training “terrorist” groups operating in the West African country.
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France killed 19 civilians in Mali in Jan., violated intl. human rights law: Report
Jul 27, 2021 13:52A report by a UK-based investigative group says an airstrike by France in Mali early this year killed 19 civilians and was a “complete violation of international human rights and international humanitarian law.”
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Macron says closure of French bases in Mali to begin soon
Jul 10, 2021 00:32French’s President Emmanuel Macron says France would begin the process of shutting its bases in northern Mali later this year.