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Sahel: Intense violence in Mali sends thousands fleeingF

Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, have fled to a town in northeastern Mali after fighting erupted in the jihadist-torn region, a local official said Wednesday. Since March, more than 65,000 people have arrived in the town of Menaka near the border...

Sahel: UN reports killing of civilians in a Mali army attack involving foreign troopsF

At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds arrested in central Mali in April during an operation by the army and "foreign" personnel, the UN's peacekeeping mission said Wednesday.  There was no immediate response from Mali's authorities to the allegations, just...

Sahel: Mali bans hookah smokingF

"Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako, in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is finished." His is a common reaction. An unexpected ban on hookah smoking in this West African country has stirred surprise as well as division, leaving...

Sahel: Army officer appointed Prime Minister in MaliF

Mali's military junta has appointed a colonel, Abdoulaye Maiga, as interim replacement for the country's civilian prime minister, who has been admitted to hospital. Colonel Maiga is also government spokesman and minister of territorial administration and...

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