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Mali: 5 dead after suicide bomber attacks patrol

Baba Ahmed · May 4, 2013 9:47 pm

FILE - This March 8, 2013 photo provided by the French Army Communications Audiovisual Office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers patrolling the Mettatai region in northern Mali. The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday, April 25, 2013 to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half of the country which was controlled by Islamist jihadists until a France-led military operation ousted them three months ago. (AP Photo/ECPAD, Arnaud Roine)

French defense minister visits northern Mali

Baba Ahmed · April 26, 2013 4:00 am

President: Mali will be ready for July vote

Baba Ahmed · April 19, 2013 9:50 pm

Report: Ansar Dine spokesman seeks surrender

Baba Ahmed · April 18, 2013 2:25 pm

FILE - In this picture taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, Northern Mali. Chadian President Idriss Deby in an interview with French journalists that was posted online Monday April 15, 2013 said his country's troops are pulling out of Mali three months after the French-led mission to oust al-Qaida-linked militants began, raising concerns about the future of war in the absence of the fierce Chadian desert fighters. The drawdown of Chadian forces comes days after a suicide bombing killed three Chadian soldiers.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)

Chad’s leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war

Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson · April 16, 2013 4:00 am

FILE -- In this picture taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, Northern Mali. Chadian President Idriss Deby in an interview with French journalists that was posted online Monday April 15, 2013 said his country's troops are pulling out of Mali three months after the French-led mission to oust al-Qaida-linked militants began, raising concerns about the future of war in the absence of the fierce Chadian desert fighters. The drawdown of Chadian forces comes days after a suicide bombing killed three Chadian soldiers.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)

Chad’s leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war

Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson · April 15, 2013 4:00 am

Malian military helicopter crash kills 5

Baba Ahmed · April 12, 2013 8:28 pm

Suicide bombing in north Mali kills 3 Chad troops

Baba Ahmed · April 12, 2013 3:44 pm

Mali mayor accused of drug trafficking arrested

Baba Ahmed · April 11, 2013 6:20 pm

French forces step up efforts in Mali’s Gao region

Baba Ahmed · April 8, 2013 9:29 pm

Some Tuaregs in Mali mark 1 year of rebel movement

Baba Ahmed · April 7, 2013 7:46 pm

US Senators McCain, Whitehouse visit Mali

Baba Ahmed · April 2, 2013 4:26 pm