Dutch special forces in Mali tackle changing threat: minister
DAKAR (Reuters) - Dutch troops have joined a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali to meet a growing security threat from the region to the Netherlands, and Europe as a whole...
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Niger fears contagion from Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists
DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) - A proverb in the Hausa language, spoken on both sides of the border between Niger and Nigeria, warns: "When your neighbor's beard is on fire, fetch...
Niger fears contagion from Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists
DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) - A proverb in the Hausa language, spoken on both sides of the border between Niger and Nigeria, warns: "When your neighbor's beard is on fire, fetch...
Insight: U.S. and allies target Hezbollah financing, ties in Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are clamping down on suspected Hezbollah activity in West Africa, which Washington says is a major source of cash for the...
Mali election challenges loom as rivals stake claims
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Former Malian prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's campaign team said on Monday its results put Keita in a strong lead and in reach of outright victory in...
After crushing Mali Islamists, France pushes deal with Tuaregs
BAMAKO (Reuters) - After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for...
Armed Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Fighting has broken out in northern Mali between Tuareg separatists and local Arab-led gunmen, only days after the African country won a $4.2 billion aid pledge to...
Chad says troops unsuited to guerrilla war, quitting Mali
DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad will withdraw its troops from Mali where they risk being bogged down in guerrilla war after helping to drive Islamists from northern towns, President Idriss Deby...
Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda
TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - Residents who slipped into a non-descript mud-brick house after Islamist fighters fled Mali's desert town of Timbuktu uncovered a trove of arms, ammunition and documents -...
In Mali town, counter-insurgency task ties down French
GAO, Mali (Reuters) - By the slow-moving Niger River at Gao, the north Malian town retaken by French troops from Islamist rebels last month, men repair fishing nets beside beached...