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# mali - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
The Irish government is giving €2.5m for the humanitarian crisis in Mali
The money is part of a €520 million aid package from the EU to help Mali rebuild its country following a war with Islamist militants earlier this year.
# mali - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
France withdraws first batch of soldiers from Mali
The country will gradually pull its soldiers out of the country, leaving a permanent 1,000 strong-force to fight terrorism.
# mali - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Column: Irish troops are heading to Mali – what will they find there?
Irish troops will go to Mali next month, where approximately 375,000 people have been displaced due to internal conflict. The immense humanitarian fallout of the situation must not be overlooked, writes Emilia Sorrentino.
# mali - Sunday 3 March, 2013
Chadian army claims mastermind of Algerian gas plant attack killed in Mali
The army said he was killed during an operation that also “neutralised” at least 15 Islamist rebels.
# mali - Friday 1 March, 2013
Al-Qaeda’s top leader in Mali killed in fighting
The Al-Qaeda leader was suspected of being behind a series of brutal kidnappings in several countries, including those of a British national and a French aid worker.
# mali - Friday 22 February, 2013
More suicide bombs hit Mali after battle that kills 20 Islamists
France sent in its troops in January to help the Malian army oust Islamist militants who last year captured the desert north of the country.
# mali - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
7 things Ireland has done in the first 50 days of its EU presidency
It’s February 19 – and the 50th day of Ireland’s tenure at the helm of the Council of the European Union.
# mali - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
British and Irish forces in historic joint mission to Mali
In a historical first, the Irish Defence Forces is to team up with the British army for a training mission in Mali.
# mali - Thursday 7 February, 2013
France seeks Mali exit, handover to UN peacekeepers
France is keen to hand over the military burden as its forces continue to come under attack from rebels.
# mali - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
French clash with Islamists in north Mali: minister
According to French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, there were clashes around Gao yesterday.
# mali - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Is this the ultimate footballing wedgie?
Seydou Keita was bossing the show at the African Cup of Nations.
# mali - Saturday 2 February, 2013
French president makes trip to Mali city of Timbuktu
Francois Hollande was greeted with chants of ‘Thank You, France.’
# mali - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Mali’s president rules out talks with Islamists
Yesterday French troops entered the last Islamist stronghold of Kidal.
# mali - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
French troops at gates of last major city in northern Mali
French troops landed at the airport in Kidal, a senior Tuareg figure confirmed.
# mali - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
French and Malian forces patrol historic desert city of Timbuktu
French and Malian troops now control the historic town in which Islamist rebels are said to have destroyed thousands of ancient Muslim and Greek manuscripts.
# mali - Monday 28 January, 2013
Explainer: What is happening in Mali?
It is almost three weeks since French and Malian troops began a battle to wrest back the north of the country from Islamist rebels.
French-led troops surround fabled Timbuktu
The move by French troops follows the seizure of the city’s airport.
# mali - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Mali conflict: Islamists offer hostage talks amid French offensive
The surprise move comes on the 16th day of a military operation led by France to stop Islamist groups pushing south towards the capital Bamako.
# mali - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Britain to use chairmanship of G8 to focus on terror threat
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he would put the topic to the “top of the agenda where it belongs.”
# mali - Monday 21 January, 2013
Algeria says 37 foreigners killed in gas plant siege
The Algerian PM said some of the hostages had been executed “with a bullet to the head” as the four-day crisis ended in a bloodbath.
‘They were brutally executed’ – Hostages describe Algeria siege ordeal
Survivors of the four-day crisis say they were strapped to explosives while some describe finding bodies riddled with bullets, their heads half blown away by the impact.
# mali - Sunday 20 January, 2013
AFCON round-up: Ghana denied by Congo, Eagles flying high
After no goals on the opening day, there were five scored in Group B’s first set of matches.
Algeria: Details sought on missing hostages as Britain confirms deaths
British prime minister David Cameron has confirmed that three Britons are dead and another three are presumed dead as other governments scramble for information on their citizens.
# mali - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Explainer: Here’s what you need to know about Mali
As tensions surge between France and its former colony Mali, this factfile gives the facts about the country and how the current situation arose.
# mali - Thursday 17 January, 2013
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# mali - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Irish citizen among oil-workers kidnapped from BP plant in Algeria
The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has called for the immediate release of an Irish citizen reportedly among those kidnapped from a BP oil field in the south of Algeria.
# mali - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
United Nations backs Mali intervention as more French troops on the way
Approval at the UN security council is likely to mean further support for France’s intervention in west Africa.
# mali - Monday 14 January, 2013
Mali conflict: Islamists vow to strike ‘at heart’ of France
The French government believes that its intervetion in the west African country will be over in a matter of weeks but officials have said that Islamist militants are better trained and armed than expected.
# mali - Monday 30 July, 2012
Mali Islamists stone unmarried couple to death
Makli’s interim president is calling for decisive action to to be taken against the extremists that are dividing the country.
# mali - Friday 20 July, 2012
€15 million paid for hostage release
Sahara Islamists say they’ll keep kidnapping westerners after getting €5m each for 3 Europeans released this week.
# mali - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
Timbuktu tomb destruction condemned by UNESCO
Islamist hardliners in northern Mali have claimed responsibility for what UNESCO termed “repugnant acts” of destruction on historical sites.
# mali - Saturday 30 June, 2012
UNESCO world heritage sites attacked in Mali
Hardline Islamists have threatened to destroy all of the centuries-old ancient tombs in the historical city of Timbuktu.
# mali - Thursday 28 June, 2012
UNESCO puts Timbuktu on danger list
We take a brief look at the explorers, including one Irish man, who tried and failed to make it to the fabled city, the one who finally did and the other who made it out alive.
# mali - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Mali could face locust invasion
Locusts threaten to infest Mali – but chemicals used to prevent the spread of the insects were taken during the recent military coup.
# mali - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
Malian couple subjected to 100 lashes ‘for having child out of wedlock’
Islamists in northern Mali have been forcing the imposition of sharia law since the coup earlier this year.
# mali - Saturday 21 April, 2012
Explainer: What’s happening in Mali?
Your guide to the Malian military coup and the ensuing separatist rebels’ push for independence.
# mali - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Mali braces for fuel shortages amid post-coup sanctions
The West African nation’s neighbours have closed their borders and frozen Mali’s account at the regional central bank following the military coup.
# mali - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Mali suspended amid ECOWAS efforts to restore ‘constitutional order’
The bloc of West African nations has suspended Mali’s membership and send a delegation a week after the military ousted the democratically-elected president.
# mali - Saturday 24 March, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things to know this morning…
# mali - Friday 23 March, 2012
EU suspends development aid to Mali after military coup
Soldiers yesterday announced they had seized control after storming the presidential palace.
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