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U.N. Security Council to vote on authorizing Mali force

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

(Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council plans to vote on Thursday on a French-drafted resolution authorizing a military mission to retake northern Mali from Islamist

Mali PM quits after arrest, may hurt intervention plan

YoopyaDec 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Mali’s prime minister announced his resignation on Tuesday, hours after being arrested by soldiers while trying to leave the divided and unstable West

No military intervention in Mali before September: U.N. peacekeeping chief

YoopyaDec 6, 20120

(Reuters) – International military intervention to oust Islamist militants from northern Mali is almost inevitable, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Wednesday, but he said

West Africa bloc Ecowas agrees to deploy troops to Mali

YoopyaNov 12, 20120

West African regional leaders have agreed to deploy 3,300 soldiers to Mali to retake the north from Islamist extremists. At a summit of Ecowas, the

Special Report: In the land of “gangster-jihadists”

YoopyaOct 25, 20120

(Reuters) – A military helicopter arced through the dusty yellow haze and dropped onto the sand a few kilometers from Timbuktu on April 24, settling

Germany could assist in Mali training mission: Merkel

YoopyaOct 23, 20120

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany could take part in any European training mission to Mali to help its government prepare troops to counter Islamist insurgents in the

United Nations says little time to deal with Mali extremists

YoopyaOct 5, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman told a closed Security Council meeting on Thursday that Mali urgently needed

Analysis: Mali leadership limbo holds up military action plan

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Photographs of Captain Amadou Sanogo – the U.S.-trained infantry officer who toppled Mali’s government in a March coup – are difficult to avoid

UN members divided over response to Mali crisis

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. members appeared deeply divided on Wednesday as they sought to resolve the crisis in Mali, with France and

Mali asks UN for ‘immediate’ action on force to recapture north

YoopyaSep 25, 20120

By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Mali has asked the United Nations to approve an “immediate” mandate for an international force to help it recover