Touareg separatists say they are willing to negotiate a political solution to the months-long Mali conflict. By Jemal Oumar for Magharebia in Nouakchott [AFP/Romaric Ollo Hein]…
Rabat – Le Centre de la mémoire commune pour la démocratie et la paix a dénoncé “les pratiques indignes qui portent atteinte à la liberté d’expression,…
by Beatrice Khadige – ALGIERS (AFP) Algeria may have to accept the deployment of West African troops in its crisis-hit neighbour Mali contrary to its traditional…
New details are emerging about a plan for Sahel-Saharan co-coordination among armed groups. By Walid Ramzi for Magharebia in Algiers [AFP] AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel was…
Sahara News Written by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled The Polisario leader Mohamed Abdelaziz has been going through hard times these past few days, according to well-informed sources…
BAMAKO (AFP) – Mali and a West African regional bloc preparing to send troops to help Bamako reclaim the Islamist-seized north have made progress in talks over…
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) The UN Security Council on Friday called for West African nations to produce a “feasible and actionable” military plan to retake northern Mali from…
BAMAKO (AFP) – Mali’s President Dioncounda Traore on Friday called on the armed Islamist groups who control the north of the country to enter into talks with…