MNLA
Nigerian army says it has recaptured the whole of Yobe state
Nigeria's military says that its recaptures a key city in Borno State from Boko Haram insurgents whilst celebrating having cleared the extremists from at least two other states,…
Mali: 12 people die in suicide attack against MNLA
Pro-government fighters launch an unusual attack near Tabankort in the north of Mali; at least 12 people are killed as rebel fighters are targeted by suicide bombers. Also,…
DR Congo: Senate amends controversial constitutional law
DR Congo's Senate amends a hotly contested bill after four days of violent demonstrations across the country. Also, demonstrators in Gao march in support of the Malian army and…
Northern Mali rebels agree to ceasefire
Armed rebels in northern Mali agreed to a ceasefire on Friday following talks with African Union chairman Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a diplomatic source said.
Violence in Mali and Racism on the Radio
MNLA rebels have freed civilian hostages in Mali - is this the result of a new social media campaign? Either way, Tuareg separatists, Malian forces and even the French are being…
'It's euroscepticism scoring points'
A spate of euroscepticism is splashed across the French newspapers - a new survey for Le Monde shows now only a minority of French people believe being part of the EU is a good…
Mali ‘at war’ with Tuareg rebels, says PM
Mali's prime minister said his country was at war with Tuareg separatists after a weekend of deadly clashes between rebels and the Malian army, and the abduction of dozens of…
Mali, one year after France's Operation Serval
It's almost a year now since France responded to an SOS from Mali's interim government in Bamako. Radical Islamists, who had swept across the country's northern deserts, were…
The middleman: negotiating between hostage takers and governments
For several months this year, France held the dubious record of being the Western country with the highest number of nationals held hostage abroad. The hostage-taking "market"…
Tuareg protesters sack offices in northern Mali town
A group of Tuareg protesters sacked public offices in the northern Malian town of Kidal on Thursday, outraged that leaders of the Tuareg-led separatist group MNLA had called off…
Kidal, a lawless outpost in Mali's desert north
Kidal, the northern Malian town where two French journalists were abducted and murdered on Saturday, is a remote and volatile outpost where neither French nor UN troops, let…
