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IDB, Mali Co-Sign $15-Million Agreement to Fund Solar Energy Project

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 2, 2017 | Business, Saudi Arabia

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the government of Mali co-signed on Thursday an agreement worth $15 million to fund a solar energy generation plant. The power station is expected to feed with a capacity of 4.3 megawatt Mali’s rural areas, benefiting over 35,000...

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President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman walk together to a meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Offers Condolences to Italian, Mali President

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 21, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Saudi leadership offered condolences to Italian President Sergio Mattarella following the earthquake that left many victims and to also condoled Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta after the terrorist attack that occurred in Gao. Custodian of the Two...

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Militiaman from the Ansar Dine group sit on a vehicle in Gao in northeastern Mali, June 18, 2012. REUTERS/Adama Diarra

Militants Attack Mali Prison, Free Dozens of Convicts

by Sheikh Mohamed | Dec 7, 2016 | World

Nouakchott- Masked militants raided a prison located in the central Mali town of Niono early on Tuesday, officials said. The gunmen were able to free dozens of prisoners. Mali army spokesman said that the attack was organized and had taken place on Monday evening—two...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel . Reuters

Migration Issues Dominate Merkel’s African Tour

by Sheikh Mohamed | Oct 13, 2016 | World

Nouakchott-During her first visit to Africa, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to stop future migration waives, hoping to improve her image in Germany, which was badly affected following the influx of around 500,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq since 2015....

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Alleged Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist leader Ahmad Faqi Al Mahdi in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on September 30, 2015, in The Hague.
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Radical Islamist Pleads Guilty for Destroying Timbuktu Tombs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2016 | World

Lahaye – Radical Islamist Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi admitted before the International Criminal Court (ICC) that he ordered and participated in the destruction of historic monuments and buildings in Timbuktu. The monuments were on the World Heritage list. “It is with deep...