The West African nation’s military rulers criticised MINUSMA’s ‘failure’ to respond to security challenges.
No claim of responsibility for the attack outside CMA president’s home in the capital, Bamako.
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Mali’s foreign minister discusses the struggle for regional security, alleged human rights violations and resilience.
At least 43 people are killed in two separate attacks in remote villages near the Mali-Niger border, local sources say.
‘War on terror’ or competition for natural resources? A look at the US and French military presence in Africa.
Since September, the conflict has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced most of the region’s population.
The indigenous Tuareg and Tebu tribes have been fighting in Ubari to find their place in a new Libya.
The deal grants Tuareg rebels greater autonomy in northern areas with the aim to end armed rebellion against government.
Violence approaches area where people sought refuge amid first clash since Tuareg rebels and troops signed truce deal.
Spokesman for MNLA rebel group tells Al Jazeera people in the north have been marginalised and need autonomy.
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Part three of this series explores the astonishing wealth that lies beneath the Tuareg’s ancestral land.
Part two of this series explores northern Mali in 2012 as it falls to Tuareg separatists and their al-Qaeda rivals.
With the fall of Gaddafi, thousands of Tuaregs return to Mali and Niger and launch their fight for an independent state.
Al-Qaeda gets the most attention, but local groups and ethnic fighters are part of a complicated mix of instability.
