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International Women's Day: The 5 Worst Countries to Be Born Female

Over the years a number of organizations have attempted to list the "worst countries for women," often to coincide with dates such as International Women's Day. One immediate challenge: What makes a country "worst for women"? Some researchers focus on humanitarian issues, others on educational attainment and literacy...

Dozens Killed in Mali Stampede

BAMAKO, Mali -- Anguished families wept at hospitals and morgues Tuesday after 36 people were crushed and at least 64 others were injured in a stampede as a crowd tried to leave a stadium following a religious ceremony. Tens of thousands had gathered to receive blessings from one of Mali's best known imams, Osman Madani...

France Says 2 Frenchmen Kidnapped in Niger Killed

PARIS -- Two French hostages kidnapped in the Niger capital were killed by their captors despite a rescue attempt by French forces, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a statement Saturday. The hostages were found dead at the Niger-Mali border after French troops there clashed with the kidnappers, killing several of them, a...

France Brings the Fight to al-Qaida, With Mixed Results

(July 28) -- Though France has quietly and inconsistently assisted U.S.-led efforts against al-Qaida, it's only now, after the terrorist group killed a French aid worker, that Paris has declared war on the international Sunni extremist group. "We are at war with al-Qaida," Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday, a...

France Declares War on al-Qaida After Aid Worker Beheaded

PARIS (July 27) -- France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African branch, after the terror network killed a French humanitarian worker it took hostage in April. The declaration and attack marked a shift in strategy for France,...

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Diancounda Traore, Mali Interim President, Attacked By Protesters

Demonstrators forced their way into the office of Mali's interim president on Monday and attacked the elderly leader, who was later brought to a local hospital unconscious, a witness and an associate of the president said.

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Algeria wants World Cup qualifier moved from Mali

FIFA says Algeria has asked for the World Cup qualifier next month in Mali to be moved to a neutral venue because of instability in the West African country.

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Mali Junta Arrests Hundreds In Capital Bamako

Mali's military junta said it has arrested about 240 people allegedly associated with an attempted coup earlier this week, and that they are shooting guns into the air as a warning as they try to round up more people they blame for the chaos.

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Azawad: Africa's Newest Nation?

I have also been to Somaliland , which, despite not having any international recognition, has a functioning government, police, elections, civil institutions and all the other things one associates with nationhood.

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05/29/12 West African bloc vows to recover Mali's territorial... Source: Sina The president of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, said here late on Monday that the sub-regional organization would not exclude anyway of recovering the territorial integrity of Mali. Ouedraogo said this at the 37th ECOWAS Day celebration in Abuja, adding that although constitutional rule had been restored in Mali, ECOWAS would not relent in its effort to restore stability in the north.
05/29/12 Ecowas rejects Islamic state claim in N Mali Source: News24 - South Africa West African bloc Ecowas on Monday rejected a rebel declaration of an independent Islamic state in northern Mali and repeated an earlier threat to take "all necessary measures" to keep the country intact.
05/29/12 More arrests over attack on Mali's Traore Source: News24 - South Africa About 50 people have been arrested in the investigation into the attack on Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore by protesters angry over the transition deal, the government announced on Monday.
05/29/12 Sahel summit needs to be a life saver Source: f2 Network It's about six months since aid agencies started talking about a "looming crisis" in Africa's Sahel region.
05/29/12 Touareg, Islamists give up alliance to control north... Source: Voice of Russia The Touareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad and Islamists of the Ansar ad-Dine group have forgone the idea of forming an alliance to control the northern part of Mali. The original decision was revoked due to the two groups' inability to settle the differences between them.

Background on Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali (, ), is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west.

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