#northern mali

Collection of northern mali news, found 16 news.

Red Cross appeals for $43mn for war-hit Mali

The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in war-torn Mali, and ...

11,200 peacekeepers needed for Mali

Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to ...

Hundreds of Islamists killed in Mali fighting: France

Several hundred Islamists have been killed in airstrikes and direct combat in Mali since France launched an offensive ...

Obama, Hollande hold phone talks on Mali offensive

US President Barack Obama voiced support Friday for France`s military intervention in Mali and vowed to work with ...

37 foreigners killed in Algeria hostage crisis: PM

Thirty-seven foreigners of eight different nationalities were killed during the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas ...

Islamists destroy saint`s Mali tomb: officials

Islamists have destroyed the tomb of a Muslim saint in a northern Mali region under their control, two months after ...

Islamist extremists cut off thief`s hand in northern Mali

Jihadists occupying northern Mali on Thursday said they had cut off the hand of a thief in accordance with strict ...

Mali Islamist leader rejects independence

The leader of the Anshar Dine Islamic group in northern Mali has rejected any form of independence of the northern ...

Church attacks kill at least 3 in Nigeria

A suicide bomber drove his car at a church in central Nigeria while gunmen opened fire on another church in the ...

New armed Arab group takes control of Timbuktu

A newly formed group of armed Arab fighters tightened its grip on the northern Malian desert city of Timbuktu on ...

Easter bomb attack near Nigeria church kills at least 20

A car bombing near a church in northern Nigeria on Easter Sunday killed at least 20 people and put the country on ...

Tuareg rebels attack key town in northern Mali

Tuareg rebels fighting alongside an armed Islamist group on Thursday attacked the key town of Kidal in northern Mali, ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

Al Qaeda Africa wing threatens to kill Western hostages

Al Qaeda`s North African wing said it will kill its European hostages if France and its allies attack its bases in ...

Three more Europeans abducted, one killed in Mali: sources

An armed gang of kidnappers abducted three Europeans and killed a fourth in the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, ...