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U.S. agents seize suspected Bissau drug kingpin at sea

August 24, 2021 at 2:03 a.m.

DAKAR/PRAIA (Reuters) - U.S. anti-narcotics agents have arrested the former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau, wanted by Washington as a suspected kingpin of the international drugs trade, in a sting operation...

Mali hails “savior” Hollande, he says fight not over

August 23, 2021 at 10:33 p.m.

TIMBUKTU, Mali/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Cheering, grateful Malians mobbed French President Francois Hollande on Saturday as he visited French troops fighting Islamist jihadist rebels, and he pledged France would finish the...

Mali hails “savior” Hollande, he says fight not over

August 22, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

TIMBUKTU, Mali/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Cheering, grateful Malians mobbed French President Francois Hollande on Saturday as he visited French troops fighting Islamist jihadist rebels, and he pledged France would finish the...

Rights allegations in Mali cloud France Hollande’s visit

August 22, 2019 at 8:35 a.m.

BAMAKO/TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - A French-led offensive against Islamists in Mali has led to civilian deaths from air strikes and ethnic reprisals by Malian troops, human rights groups said on...

Rights allegations in Mali cloud France Hollande’s visit

August 23, 2021 at 10:29 p.m.

BAMAKO/TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - A French-led offensive against Islamists in Mali has led to civilian deaths from air strikes and ethnic reprisals by Malian troops, human rights groups said on...

Mali’s displaced hopeful of return home as rebels melt away

August 23, 2021 at 10:02 p.m.

SEVARE, Mali (Reuters) - Refugees crowded excitedly around crackling radios at a camp in the central Mali town of Sevare on Saturday evening as French and Malian forces seized the...

Mali’s displaced hopeful of return home as rebels melt away

August 22, 2019 at 8:27 a.m.

SEVARE, Mali (Reuters) - Refugees crowded excitedly around crackling radios at a camp in the central Mali town of Sevare on Saturday evening as French and Malian forces seized the...

“Never leave”, shell-shocked Mali residents tell France

August 22, 2019 at 8:27 a.m.

DIABALY, Mali (Reuters) - Residents of Diabaly feared for their lives when French air strikes pounded their small town in central Mali, shaking their homes and turning the pick-up trucks...

“Never leave”, shell-shocked Mali residents tell France

August 23, 2021 at 10:01 p.m.

DIABALY, Mali (Reuters) - Residents of Diabaly feared for their lives when French air strikes pounded their small town in central Mali, shaking their homes and turning the pick-up trucks...

Mali Islamists suffer split as Africans prepare assault

August 23, 2021 at 9:47 p.m.

MARKALA, Mali/DAKAR (Reuters) - A split emerged on Thursday in the alliance of Islamist militant groups occupying northern Mali, as French and African troops prepared an offensive aimed at driving...

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