May 18, 2013
Mali News
Mali: Oxfam tells donors: “get it right”
May 17, 2013Elise Ford of OXFAM accepts that an event like the “Together for a New Mali” conference in Brussels is crucial for raising funds, but stresses the need to set the right tone, pointing out that similar large-scale funding events have suffered from a lack of ownership on the part of the populations targeted, citing Haiti as a dangerous precedent
MALI-Government ready to talk to MNLA
May 17, 2013Mali’s Interim President, Dioncounda Traoré, has said he is ready to take part in a dialogue with the mainly Touareg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, the MNLA. Meanwhile, government troops are advancing on Kidal.
Donors oath over $4bn for Mali recovery
May 17, 2013International donors pledged more than $4.22bn on Wednesday to help Mali redeem after a dispute with al-Qaeda-linked fighters. The sum exceeds a goals of Mali that had asked donors for $2.57 for this year and next.
Mali aid meet opens with pledge to avoid past mistakes
May 15, 2013International donors opened a conference on Mali Wednesday aimed at raising some two billion euros ($2.6 billion), pledging to help all sides in the troubled country avoid the mistakes which led to war and political crisis.
Mali: Arabs take on Touaregs
May 8, 2013There have been continuing reports of clashes between Arab and Tuareg fighters around Ber, 60 kilometres north of Timbuktu, triggering the intervention of Burkinabe and Malian troops.
Mali security services dismantle Islamist cell in Bamako
April 29, 2013Security services have broken up an Islamist cell in the Malian capital Bamako. The cell was operated by one of the Islamist groups that have been threatening peace in the north of Mali, a police source said.
The Security Council has authorized a UN mission in Mali.
April 26, 2013Council members unanimously voted in favour of establishing the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).MINUSMA is set to deploy in July for an initial period of 12 months
Mali: Arm-twist between electoral body and gov't
April 25, 2013The chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Prime Minister, Diango Cissokho, to postpone presidential elections scheduled in July but the government has rejected the recommendation.
Mali: "Disarming all armed groups is our priority"(GSS)
April 21, 2013One of the main headaches confronting the GSS as it met in Bamako on Friday was the role of the MNLA in and around Kidal. The mainly Touareg group still has a strong presence there. Given the International Support Mission to Mali (MISMA) is meant to be disarming all armed groups, the MNLA should be amongst those willing to demobilize and surrender its weapons.
"France has withdrawn around 100 soldiers from Mali"
April 9, 2013The army announced on Tuesday they had been withdrawn and sent to Paphos in Cyprus, where they will spend three days in a hotel before heading back to France.
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