By Bate Felix BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali braced for possible sanctions on Monday after its military rulers pledged to start returning power to civilians but no…
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Plus de photos » BAMAKO (AFP) Mali’s Tuareg rebels claimed control of the legendary desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, part of a dramatic push across…
Boston.com Baba Ahmed and Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Rebels on Saturday attacked Mali’s strategic northern city of Gao, a day after they took the provincial capital…
* Sanogo says situation in north Mali “critical” * Tuareg rebels enter Kidal (Releads with more details of Kidal and statement) By David Lewis and Adama…
Plus de photos » by Serge Daniel – BAMAKO (AFP) The bloc of West African states on Thursday set coup leaders in Mali a three-day ultimatum…
WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States will give $120 million in emergency aid for western Africa’s drought-hit Sahel region in hope of preventing severe hunger, Secretary of…
Magharebia Tunisian officials say a Maghreb Union could boost the entire region’s economy, lifting countries out of recession. By Houda Trabelsi for Magharebia in Tunis –…
* Several thousand supporters of coup protest in Bamako * Mali junta bans self from planned vote * ECOWAS bloc threatens military force to reverse coup…