Islamist Touareg rebels in northern Mali are imposing Sharia law just as more secular factions unveil plans for an independent state. By Jemal Oumar for Magharebia…
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell The announcement was made only hours after separatist rebels in the country’s north declared their independence. BAMAKO, Mali…
Reuters By Bate Felix BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s desert Tuaregs proclaimed independence for what they call the state of Azawad on Friday, a secession bid immediately…
by Serge Daniel and Coumba Sylla – BAMAKO (AFP) Mali’s Tuareg rebels declared independence Friday in the north, a move rejected by the international community and…
RABAT, April 6 (KUNA) — Morocco Tuesday termed as “absolutely unacceptable” the Tuareq rebels’ unilateral independence of northern Mali. The Tuareq MNLA’s self-declared independence of the…
Rabat – Morocco denounced the attack perpetrated on Thursday against Algeria’s consular staff in the northern Mali town of Gao and expressed solidarity with the Algerian…
HUFFINGTON POST IMPACT From the Arab Spring to a Saharan Winter Elizabeth Blackney | 19 hours ago After the Arab Spring, there has been no summer…
Washington – The crisis in Mali, which was exacerbated by the Touareg rebels and AQIM, stresses the pressing need for finding a solution to the Sahara issue…