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'Buona Notte' - former Pope gets some rest at last
01/03/2013 - IN THE PAPERS INTERNATIONAL

'Buona Notte' - former Pope gets some rest at last

The Algerian press reports Al Qaeda commander Abou Zeid may have been killed in northern Mali and DNA testing is required to verify. Le Monde reported the commander was dead though French authorities - on Friday morning Paris time - were saying 'no comment'. We look, too, at coverage of the Pope's last day in office and how the Chinese press sees the latest Italian political turmoil.
French forces reportedly kill Al Qaeda commander
01/03/2013 - MALI

French forces reportedly kill Al Qaeda commander

French troops killed feared al Qaeda commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid during an operation carried out in the mountains of northern Mali, Algerian media reported on Thursday.
Islamist threat haunts reopening of schools in Timbuktu
28/02/2013 - MALI

Islamist threat haunts reopening of schools in Timbuktu

Just weeks after Islamist fighters left Timbuktu, the population there is starting to get back to normal. Schools had been banned under the radical Islamists' rule, with fighters forbidding that girls and boys share a classroom. Now they are reopening for the first time, but as our reporters found out, while the fighters may have gone, the trauma caused by their presence remains.
French UN envoy: Mali peacekeeping force months away
28/02/2013 - MALI - FRANCE

French UN envoy: Mali peacekeeping force months away

France’s UN ambassador Gerard Araud said Wednesday that he did not expect UN Blue Helmets to take over a peacekeeping role in Mali until at least April, adding that French troops would hand control to a UN force "when security conditions allow it."
Suicide bomb strikes checkpoint in Malian city of Kidal
27/02/2013 - MALI

Suicide bomb strikes checkpoint in Malian city of Kidal

At least six people were killed Tuesday by a suicide car bomber targeting a checkpoint in the northern Malian city of Kidal, hospital sources said. The checkpoint was manned by Tuareg separatists supporting France's military offensive.
Fighting continues in northern Mali desert
23/02/2013 - MALI

Fighting continues in northern Mali desert

Tuareg militias on Saturday fought to wrest control of Mali’s northern desert region from Islamist rebels, while French forces were expected to receive support from US Predator drones in their northwards offensive.
Scores killed as Chadian soldiers, rebels clash in Mali
23/02/2013 - MALI

Scores killed as Chadian soldiers, rebels clash in Mali

At least 13 Chadian soldiers and 65 Islamist rebels were killed in clashes in northern Mali on Friday, the heaviest loss by African troops since the launch of a French-led military campaign there against militants six weeks ago.
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Deadly explosion strikes Malian town
22/02/2013 - MALI

Deadly explosion strikes Malian town

At least five people were killed in the remote Malian town of Khalil on Friday after a car bomb exploded targeting members of the MNLA, a Tuareg-led separatist movement with close links to French forces fighting in the country.
The World This Week - February 22nd, 2013
22/02/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - February 22nd, 2013

"Italy’s a nation run by old white men". In the run-up to a snap general election, François Picard’s panel explains the surge of anti-establishment comedian Beppe Grillo. Also, China’s cyber-hacking army and the slanging match over "lazy French workers".
Mali: Arabs pay the price
22/02/2013 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Mali: Arabs pay the price

Northern Mali is slowly getting back to life without Islamist rule, but for many Arab families, things are almost worse than before. Next, the case of Oscar Pistorius, accused of the murder of his girlfriend, is provoking a new debate on gun control in South Africa. And the short film "Asad" not only takes a hard look at how boys are pushed into piracy in Somalia - it's also up for an Academy Award.
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