| 5,659,744 |
16.27167 |
-0.04472 |
Mali |
|
A local official was killed by unidentified gunmen in Gao on Monday. |
| 5,659,747 |
14.2193 |
-7.9825 |
Mali |
|
Over one hundred youths took to the streets in Douabougou to press the authorities to take military action against the rebel groups currently occupying the north of the country. |
| 5,659,751 |
15 |
-2.95 |
Mali |
|
Protesters marched against the presence of the MNLA in the town of Douentza. MNLA fighters fired in the air in an attempt to disperse the crowd. |
| 5,659,755 |
16.27167 |
-0.04472 |
Mali |
|
A protest by youths in Gao following the murder of a local official turned violent as MNLA fighters shot into the crowd. |
| 5,659,759 |
16.27167 |
-0.04472 |
Mali |
|
Islamists claimed control of the key town of Gao in Mali's occupied north on Wednesday after fierce clashes with Tuareg rebels left at least 20 people dead. |
| 5,659,764 |
12.65 |
-8 |
Mali |
|
Members of the AJSN organized a march in Bamako to protest against the violence used by MNLA forces to supress the demonstration in Gao on Tuesday. |
| 5,659,768 |
16.27167 |
-0.04472 |
Mali |
|
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian founding member of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), is believed to have been killed in clashes between Islamist militants and Tuareg-led separatist rebels in north Mali. |
| 5,659,771 |
16.7667 |
-3.0167 |
Mali |
|
Hardline Islamists occupying northern Mali went on the rampage in Timbuktu on Saturday, destroying ancient tombs of Muslim saints and threatening to wipe out every religious shrine in the fabled city. |
| 5,659,774 |
16.7667 |
-3.0167 |
Mali |
|
Hardline Islamists desecrated tombs and mausoleums in Timbuktu. |
| 5,659,779 |
16.96 |
-0.35 |
Mali |
|
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its allies have planted landmines around the key town of Gao in Malis occupied north and are stopping locals from leaving. |
