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  Mali confirms four new Ebola cases

  World | November 16, 2014 6:18 IST

  Bamako: Mali has reported four new Ebola cases since Tuesday, including three deaths, the ministry of health said in a statement on Saturday.The four patients are related to a Guinean imam who had received treatment

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  UN: Nearly 5 million in Mali are hungry

  World | November 15, 2014 7:26 IST

  United Nations: A convergence of droughts, harvest failures, locust invasions and political conflicts in Mali have left 4.75 million people without enough to eat, U.N. officials said on Friday.UNICEF Emergency Director Afshan Khan said the

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  UN Security Council slams attacks on peacekeepers in Mali

  World | October 08, 2014 11:08 IST

  United Nations: The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the targeted attack on peacekeepers in Mali in which one personnel was killed.The Senegalese peacekeeper was killed when United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali

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  Algerian troops kill foreign 'criminals' near border with Niger

  World | October 04, 2014 6:47 IST

  Algiers: The Algerian army on Thursday killed five foreign individuals near the border with Niger, Algeria's defence ministry said on Friday.In a statement, the defence ministry said the army "ambushed a group of foreign criminals

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  UN chief expresses outrage at peacekeepers' killing in Mali

  World | October 04, 2014 6:02 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he was shocked and outraged by an attack in Mali that killed nine peacekeepers from Niger.In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban described the

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  Wrecks of missing Algerian airliner found in Mali

  World | July 25, 2014 8:57 IST

  Algiers: Wrecks of an Air Algerie flight that went missing earlier Thursday with 116 people onboard has been found in Mali, media reports said."We've come to know that local residents in the desert area of

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  Mali holds legislative vote amid security fears

  World | November 24, 2013 23:10 IST

  Mali: Malians voted on Sunday in legislative elections amid heavy security highlighting fears the poll could be sabotaged by rebel attacks.The vote is the last step in restoring constitutional rule in Mali following a military

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  UN appeals for urgent food support for Mali

  World | September 24, 2013 9:27 IST

  United Nations : The UN and its partners Monday called for immediate support for northern Mali, where three out of four households do not have enough to eat and are heavily dependent on food assistance.An

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  WC qualifier: Algeria beat Mali ahead of World Cup play-offs

  Football | September 11, 2013 15:48 IST

  Algiers:  Algeria beat Mali 1-0 for the final 2014 World Cup African qualifying second round group game, in Blida Stadium, 50 km southern the capital Algiers.Hillal Soudani scored the lone goal (50th minute) to provide

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  French hostage killed by Al Qaeda in Mali

  World | July 16, 2013 6:49 IST

  Paris, July 16: French national Philippe Verdon kidnapped and kept hostage by Al Qaeda-linked Islamists in 2011 in Mali has been killed, French President Francois Hollande said."The death of our compatriot Mr. Philippe Verdon is

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  Malian troops to open France's Bastille Day parade

  World | July 14, 2013 13:23 IST

  Paris, Jul 14: Troops coming from Mali and 12 other African countries will march with the French military in an unusual Bastille Day parade in Paris on Sunday, to honor their efforts against terrorism.Beyond the

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  Czech Republic sends military contingent to Mali

  World | March 18, 2013 7:02 IST

  Warsaw, March 18: The Czech Republic has sent a group of 34 servicemen to Mali to join a military operation against Islamist militants.Czech news agency CTK said the senate voted to send a contingent of

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  Ghana powers into quarters, Mali squeezes through

  Football | January 29, 2013 13:47 IST

  Port Elizabeth, Jan 29: Asamoah Gyan powered Ghana into the knockout rounds and laid down the challenge to Didier Drogba and Ivory Coast at the African Cup of Nations on Monday.Mahamadou Samassa's equalizer also squeezed

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  Ghanaians rejoice after Black Stars' win over Mali

  Football | January 25, 2013 15:34 IST

  Accra (Ghana), Jan 25: Ghanaian football fans flew into a state of ecstasy and jubilation following their national team, the Black Stars', 1-0 victory over Mali in the ongoing African Cup of Nations in South

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  Islamists execute man before 600 in north Mali

  World | October 04, 2012 8:11 IST

  Bamako (Mali), Oct 3: Radical Islamists in northern Mali executed a man on Tuesday evening who had been accused of killing someone, a punishment that was witnessed by about 600 people in the town of

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  UN says children being targeted in northern Mali

  World | July 06, 2012 15:54 IST

  Geneva, Jul 6:  A U.N. agency says it's gravely concerned about rising violence against children in northern Mali, since the area was seized by al-Qaida-linked Islamist fighters and Tuareg rebels following a March coup.UNICEF says

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  Algeria wants World Cup qualifier moved from Mali

  Football | May 08, 2012 22:31 IST

  Johannesburg, May 8: FIFA says Algeria has asked for the World Cup qualifier next month in Mali to be moved to a neutral venue because of instability in the West African country.FIFA says it is

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  Mali Coup Leader Reinstates Old Constitution

  World | April 02, 2012 7:15 IST

  Bamako (Mali), Apr 2: The junior officer who overthrew Mali's democratically elected leader earlier this month and dissolved the nation's constitution made a public U-turn, declaring amid enormous international pressure that he was reinstating the

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  Mali Junta Shuts Borders After Coup, President Safe

  World | March 23, 2012 7:52 IST

  Bamako, Mar 23: Coup leaders in Mali on Thursday ordered all borders closed after taking over key buildings in Bamako and ousting President Amadou Toumani Toure overnight, sparking international concern and condemnation.The band of mutineers,

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  Soldiers Overthrow Government In Mali

  World | March 22, 2012 18:59 IST

  Bamako (Mali), Mar 22: Soldiers stormed the presidential palace of one of the only established democracies in this corner of Africa and announced today that they had seized control of the country, ousting Mali's president