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In this Sunday, August 11, 2013, file photo, Malian president-elect Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta casts his vote at a polling station in Bamako, Mali. (AP Photo/Thomas Martinez, File)

Amid cautious optimism, Mali picks Keïta for president

by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Aug 16, 2013 | Features, Profiles

Nouakchott, Mauritania, Asharq Al-Awsat—For the last 18 months, Mali has witnessed the most dangerous crisis since its independence in 1960. The crisis had many dimensions. It started as a security issue when a Tuareg rebellion erupted in the north of the country, and...

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Voters look for their names on voter lists scattered on the ground at the main polling place in Kidal, Mali, on Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mali votes for president; few go to polls in Kidal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2013 | World

Kidal, Mali, AP—Voters headed to the polls Sunday in Mali’s first election since last year’s coup, struggling to cast their ballots despite the logistical and technical problems that have plagued the hastily organized poll. Tens of thousands of people who...

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Malian Tuareg soldiers patrol in the streets of Gao on February 3. Source: 2013SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images

From Consul to Terrorist

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 20, 2013 | Opinion

As soon as I heard the name Iyad Ag Ghaly in relation to the events in Mali I began to wonder if this could be the same man from the same country? Could it really be him? Iyad Ag Ghaly heads up the military operations of armed terrorist groups in northern Mali; whilst...