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At least three soldiers killed in fresh raid on UN peacekeepers’ camp

Ansar Dine Group Claims Attack on U.N. Base in Mali

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 13, 2016 | World

Malian militant group Ansar Dine claimed responsibility for a suicide and rocket attack on a U.N. base in Kidal, north Mali on Friday that killed six peacekeepers and wounded others, the SITE Intelligence Group said. Militants used a van packed with explosives to ram...

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Several dead as suspected militants attack United Nations base in Mali

Suspected Militants Attack U.N. Base in Mali

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 12, 2016 | World

Suspected militants attacked a U.N. peacekeepers base in the northern Mali town of Kidal with mortars and a truck bomb on Friday, leaving several people dead and others wounded, authorities said. Spokesman for the separatist Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA),...

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In this Sunday, July, 28, 2013 file photo, a United Nations peacekeeper stands guard at the entrance to a polling station covered in separatist flags and graffiti supporting the creation of the independent state of Azawad, in Kidal, Mali (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

UN: several peacekeepers killed, wounded in Mali

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2013 | World

Dakar, Senegal, Associated Press—A bomb explosion killed and wounded several members of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali in the troubled northern city of Kidal, a spokesman for the mission said Saturday. “There was an explosion this morning and...

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File photo—A French soldier checks passengers of a transport truck arriving in Gao, northern Mali, on February 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Mali, Tuaregs fault France on failing peace talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 4, 2013 | World

Paris, Reuters—Mali’s government and Tuareg separatists both accused France on Wednesday of not doing enough to resolve the political crisis, underscoring the difficulties Paris has in disengaging itself from its former colony. After winning adulation across...