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Economic Prowess Dominates Diplomatic Precision: An Overview of King Mohammed VI’s Tour of Africa South of the Sahara

Increasingly in recent months, international politics has been split down the red line of foreign policy--a demarcation dividing the EU and the US from...
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African integration and a new president for Mali: a tale of two necessary transitions

As the world is witnessing the surprisingly smooth political transition in Mali, Morocco is not only determined to speed up the pace of its...
International Experts meet on military intervention in Mali

International Experts meet on military intervention in Mali

International experts met in Bamako on Tuesday to firm up plans for an armed intervention to wrest northern Mali from the hands of Islamic...
North Mali Islamist rape and brutality badly increases

North Mali Islamist rape and brutality badly increases

Islamists group who have take over the deserted North of Mali and imposing the Sharia in the region are becoming more and more brutal. ...
UN prepared a resolution in Mali

UN prepared a resolution in Mali

The UN Security Council is about to implement draft resolution paving the way for the military involvement in Mali on Friday. The resolution seeks for...
Islamist in Mali buys child soldiers

Islamist in Mali buys child soldiers

Senior UN official report that Islamists rebels who have held part of Mali are increasing money from ransoms and drug trafficking as they are...
The civil society wants to propose solution

The civil society wants to propose solution

For over two days now a sitting has been organized to analyze and look for proposed and solution to the political and military crisis...
Copam opposed to foreign intervention in Mali

Copam opposed to foreign intervention in Mali

A protest has been organized on September 28 in Bamako by the patriotic organization coordinators demanding the releases of Malian weapons blocked in ports...
Northen Mali: Corporal punishment multiply against The population

Northen Mali: Corporal punishment multiply against The population

Civilians are bearing the brunt of the conflict in northern Mali, as Islamists continue their reign of terror against those they claim do not...
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The west african state community prepares military intervention arrangements

For intervention in northern Mali, the Malian authorities and (cedeao) have agreed to logistics cooperation. Ministers of Defence, Foreign Affairs and African Integration of...
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Northern Mali’s ‘city of saints’ suffers rebel fury

History dating as far back as the 5th century is literally being chipped away with pick axes and shovels at the hands of an...
Northern Mali’s “city of saints” suffers rebel fury

Northern Mali’s “city of saints” suffers rebel fury

History dating as far back as the 5th century is literally being chipped away with pick axes and shovels at the hands of an...
Libya: Gaddafi and his Mali-Chad Tuareg mercenaries

Libya: Gaddafi and his Mali-Chad Tuareg mercenaries

As an international intervention to stop Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from committing further atrocities against Libyans continue, the north African country's leader remains impassive and...
Tuareg and AQIM: The unlikely jihadist bedmates

Tuareg and AQIM: The unlikely jihadist bedmates

Last September, the abduction five Europeans sparked a hue and cry. Tuareg in the Sahel region were accused of operating in concert with Al...
African coalition to fight Al-Qaeda in Sahel formed

African coalition to fight Al-Qaeda in Sahel formed

A meeting in Algeria on Sunday saw the Chiefs of Defence Staff from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger agreeing to join forces to fight...
Algerian terrorist attack kills several

Algerian terrorist attack kills several

11 police border guards (GGF) were killed in the fatal attack in the town of Tinzaouatine in the Tamanrasset wilaya, near the Mali-Algerian border,...
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Vieux Farka Toure coming out of his father’s shadow

Ahead of the World Cup opening concert, Stefan Simanowitz meets a musician about to perform the biggest set of his life There is a saying...
Water partnership initiative begins in Ethiopia, India, Brazil and Mali

Water partnership initiative begins in Ethiopia, India, Brazil and Mali

The Columbia Water Center (CWC), based at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York, is focused on sustainable development projects throughout the world, including...
Algeria and Mali in diplomatic row after terrorist release

Algeria and Mali in diplomatic row after terrorist release

Pierre Camatte, a Frenchman who was abducted last November in Mali, was released on Tuesday. But at what cost? Algiers has accused Bamako for...
CAN 2010: Mali seeks sanctioning of Angola and Algeria

CAN 2010: Mali seeks sanctioning of Angola and Algeria

The Malians are a disappointed lot. The shameful draw between Angola, the host country, and Algeria, qualified for the World Cup, has eliminated them...
CAN 2010: Algeria is back in line

CAN 2010: Algeria is back in line

A goal from Halliche in the first half had indeed allowed the Algerians to hope for a future in this 2010 CAN in Angola....
CAN 2010: Algerian camp’s infighting and departures to boost Mali?

CAN 2010: Algerian camp’s infighting and departures to boost Mali?

Algerians need to make up for their humiliating goalless encounter with a surprisingly strong Malawi (3-0). But Mali has the necessary arsenal to thwart...
CAN 2010: Angola-Mali – Fourth power

CAN 2010: Angola-Mali – Fourth power

What a spectacular start for this twenty-seventh African Cup of Nations! Trailing by 4-0, the Eagles of Mali closed the gap in impeccable style...
Mali’s prostitution gold mines a transit point to Europe?

Mali’s prostitution gold mines a transit point to Europe?

Bars of a new genre are flourishing in Sanso since Morila gold mine opened in 2001 in Mali. The keepers of the place...
Al Quaeda in the Islamic Maghreb gaining ground

Al Quaeda in the Islamic Maghreb gaining ground

The Al Qaeda terrorist group in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of a French and three Spanish nationals, respectively kidnapped...
Mali: Gov’t land deals forcing local farmers out of vocation?

Mali: Gov’t land deals forcing local farmers out of vocation?

There are growing fears in Mali, amongst farmers, over land availability, as the government leases out large portions of arable lands to foreign investors....
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Tabaski Redux

The saying, “it’s the thought that counts,” sounds generous and openhearted in the United States. It sounds laughable in Africa, at least at Tabaski....
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Tabaski, Thanksgiving: Back to Back

The moon and sun align this year to bring two holidays together: the Muslim feast of Tabaski (also called Eid al-Adha and Aïd el-Kebir)...
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The N’ko Alphabet: Literacy by and for West Africans

In October 2009, I came to Mali to learn to read. This may come as a surprise since West Africa is supposedly the world’s...
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Structuralism ‘au village’: An Obituary for Claude Lévi-Strauss

French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the twentieth century’s most revered intellectuals, died October 29 at the age of 100. He is best known...