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Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: UN envoy
Reuters 18 Apr 2013
  In her first seven months as UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura has visited a...
A French soldier stands guard in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 2, 2013 in Timbuktu. France is working to "very quickly" withdraw its forces from Timbuktu, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, without making clear if the troops would be sent further into the north of Mali.
Gunfire as Malian army combs Timbuktu for jihadists
AFP 31 Mar 2013
Heavy gunfire erupted Sunday in Timbuktu as Malian troops were combing the city for infiltrated jihadists following a...
Al-Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali
Reuters 28 Feb 2013
French forces in Mali have killed Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a leading field commander of Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing...
A French soldier stands guard in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 2, 2013 in Timbuktu. France is working to "very quickly" withdraw its forces from Timbuktu, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, without making clear if the troops would be sent further into the north of Mali.
Anti-interventionist stance on Mali reflects Morsy's domestic considerations
Magdy Samaan 17 Feb 2013
President Mohamed Morsy opposes France’s intervention in Mali even though the campaign, which seeks to restore...
A French soldier stands guard in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 2, 2013 in Timbuktu. France is working to "very quickly" withdraw its forces from Timbuktu, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, without making clear if the troops would be sent further into the north of Mali.
US wary of Africa 'terrorist' threat, Senegal detains suspects
Reuters 16 Feb 2013
DAKAR –– Senegal has detained a Mauritanian and a Malian for suspected terrorist links, its government said...
A French soldier stands guard in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 2, 2013 in Timbuktu. France is working to "very quickly" withdraw its forces from Timbuktu, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, without making clear if the troops would be sent further into the north of Mali.
France to 'quickly' withdraw Timbuktu forces: FM
AFP 04 Feb 2013
photo http://www.france24.com/en/20130204-france-quickly-withdraw-timbuktu-for... France is working to "very...
French soldiers leave a hangar at the Malian army air base in Bamako on 14 January 2013. France, which has poured hundreds of troops into the capital Bamako in recent days, carried out more air raids on Monday in the vast desert area seized last year by an Islamist alliance grouping Al-Qaeda's north African wing AQIM alongside Mali's home-grown MUJWA and Ansar Dine militant groups. 
30 French warplanes blast Islamist targets in Mali
AFP 03 Feb 2013
PARIS — Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and logistics centres in northeast...
French soldiers leave a hangar at the Malian army air base in Bamako on 14 January 2013. France, which has poured hundreds of troops into the capital Bamako in recent days, carried out more air raids on Monday in the vast desert area seized last year by an Islamist alliance grouping Al-Qaeda's north African wing AQIM alongside Mali's home-grown MUJWA and Ansar Dine militant groups. 
France backs possible UN force in Mali
Reuters 31 Jan 2013
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday backed the idea of sending a United Nations peacekeeping force...
Mali secures retaken towns, donors pledge funds
Reuters 29 Jan 2013
French-backed Malian troops searched house-to-house in Gao and Timbuktu on Tuesday uncovering arms and explosives...
Bound by restrictions, media in Mali struggle to report
AFP 29 Jan 2013
PARIS — France is keeping a tight lid on media reporting on the conflict in northern Mali, where foreign...