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Al-Qaeda claims attack on UN military camp in Timbuktu
The attack comes 3 months after a similar strike on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako and one month after a raid on a top hotel in Burkina Faso
Mali hotel reopens after deadly Islamist siege
Gunmen took guests and staff hostage at the 190 room Radisson Blu in Bamako on November 20 in a siege that left 20 people dead most of them foreigners
Three dead in rocket attack on UN base in north Mali
A senior Ansar Dine Defenders of the Faith figure Hamadou Ag Khallini says the attack was in response to the violation of our lands by the enemies of Islam
The empathy divide: Are we desensitized to certain tragedies?
Where do we get the license to call one country s deaths senseless and another s set of deaths typical?
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Mali and neighbors in mourning as siege hotel yields clues
A Malian security source says authorities are actively pursuing at least 3 people over the attack
Obama to host ASEAN leaders next year
UPDATED Obama says he invited ASEAN leaders to the US as he denies Middle East turmoil is distracting him from focusing on Asia
6 Russians killed in Mali hotel attack – foreign ministry
UPDATED Five of the slain Russians are believed to have come from the central Ulyanovsk region
Mali hunts suspects after deadly hotel siege
2nd UPDATE The assault is claimed by the Al Qaeda affiliate Al Murabitoun group led by notorious one eyed Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Obama, Xi condemn hostage siege in Mali
US President Barack Obama calls the attack appalling while Chinese President Xi Jinping strongly condemns the siege in Mali
Mali in mourning after at least 27 killed in hotel attack
The Malian government declares a 10 day nationwide state of emergency from midnight on Friday November 20 over the assault and called three days of mourning for the victims
At ASEAN, Najib hits global terror, beheading in PH
The Malaysian Prime Minister mentions the bombings and shootings in Paris and Beirut the attack on a plane full of Russians in Egypt the Mali hostage taking and the murder by the Abu Sayyaf of a Malaysian hostage
UN, EU move to toughen anti-ISIS fight after Paris attacks
UPDATED Russia joins Western powers in backing the French drafted text that authorizes countries to take all necessary measures to fight ISIS and other extremist groups linked to Al Qaeda
At least 27 dead in Mali hotel attack claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliate
5th UPDATE The Malian government declares a 10 day nationwide state of emergency Friday evening November 20 over the assault and calls 3 days of mourning for the victims
US special forces rescue six Americans from Mali hotel
The US troops were from Special Operations Command Forward North and they had been working with West Africa personnel says Pentagon spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Michelle Baldanza
Dua orang sandera 170 tamu dan karyawan hotel di Afrika
Sekitar 140 tamu dan 30 karyawan Hotel Radisson di Bamako disandera
Two people holding 170 guests, staff hostage in Mali hotel – company
Hotel group: As per our information two persons have locked in 140 guests and 30 employees
Three new arrests over deadly Mali hotel siege
Mali s government reports the arrest of 7 people over the raid in Sevare
'Strong suspicion' Mali hotel gunmen linked to jihadists
Investigators say they found phone numbers and addresses on the bodies of the terrorists which suggested they were affiliated with the Macina Liberation Front
At least 12 killed as Mali hotel siege ends
4th UPDATE An army officer lists the fatalities as 5 terrorists 5 soldiers and two white people whose identities were being checked No one has claimed responsibility for the attack
Eight dead as Mali hotel standoff continues
There are no claims of responsibility for the early morning attack and no official comment from the government in the west African country
Air Algerie crash victims' families mark one year since tragedy
Families are asking that unidentified victims remains be flown from Mali for burial
UN asks ICC to investigate destruction of Mali mausoleums
Under the 1954 Hague Convention the destruction of the World Heritage monuments is a war crime
'Series of errors' caused Air Algerie crash – report
UPDATED A French judicial probe finds a series of tragic errors caused an Air Algerie plane to crash in the Malian desert last year with 116 people on board
2 UN drivers killed as convoy attacked in northern Mali
UPDATED The killings come amid continued violent activity by jihadist groups that had previously taken control of northern Mali
Peacekeeping in a volatile environment
[CIRSS Commentaries] The Philippines in Golan Heights and beyond: Hostile environments make it difficult to guarantee the safety and respect for peacekeepers
Pria NTB dipolisikan karena dianggap menghina Hindu di Bali
Kasus penghinaan lewat media sosial yang dipolisikan terulang lagi Seorang warga Lombok yang sedang berada di Bali dilaporkan karena dianggap menghina Hindu
Mali vows not to bow to terror after jihadist killings
Mali vow not to bow to terror and to punish the jihadists behind a deadly nightclub attack in the capital as local and French investigators join forces to hunt down the killers
Militants attack UN as Mali hunts jihadist nightclub killers
UPDATED Meanwhile in Bamako police in bulletproof vests patrol the area where a masked gunman had burst into La Terrasse a popular venue among expats
UN calls for justice after 'heinous' Mali attack
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Bamako a statement reads
Ebola death toll hits 8,235 – WHO
Almost all the deaths and cases have been reported in the three west African countries worst hit by the outbreak: Sierra Leone Liberia and Guinea
Ban pledges UN support in tour of Ebola-hit West Africa
Today we have reason to be cautiously optimistic that this terrible outbreak can be defeated says UN chief Ban Ki moon
Ebola death toll climbs to 6,583
The World Health Organization reports that as of December 10 there had been 18 188 cases of infection from the deadly virus in Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone
UN opens Ebola office in Mali as two new cases emerge
The office of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response UNMEER is headed by Dr Ibrahima Soce Fall the World Health Organization country representative in Mali
Mali announces new Ebola case
Of two suspected cases one of those tested is found positive for Ebola
Ebola death toll rises to 5,459 – WHO
The World Health Organization believes that the number of deaths is likely far higher given that the fatality rate in the current outbreak is known to be around 70
Ebola death toll rises to 5,420 – WHO
The WHO believes that the number of deaths is likely far higher given that the fatality rate in the current outbreak is known to be around 70
Fearful Mali places almost 600 under Ebola surveillance
Malian officials meet to consider increasing security at its border following two confirmed cases of Ebola due to infection in neighboring Guinea
Two more suspected Ebola deaths in Mali – government
The west African nation scrambles to prevent the isolated Ebola cases from developing into an outbreak crisis
Ebola death toll rises to 5,177 – WHO
The fresh toll comes as the spread appeared to be slowing in the capital of Liberia allowing the hardest hit country to lift its state of emergency
Mali battles second Ebola outbreak
The case has dashed optimism that Mali was free of the killer pathogen just as it prepared to release from isolation dozens of people thought to have been exposed to the country s first victim who died in October
New Ebola death hits Mali as Liberia hails drop in cases
The announcement of a second Ebola case comes as Malian authorities begin to lift quarantine restrictions on more than a hundred people put at risk by exposure to Mali s first victim of the deadly virus
Ebola death toll hits 4,960 – WHO
The World Health Organization says a total of 549 healthcare workers are known to have contracted the virus and 311 of them had died
WHO expert: Ebola toll too low, thousands likely missing
WHO s strategy chief estimates that the agency s official death toll from the Ebola outbreak may be 5 000 bodies short
WHO reduces Ebola death toll to 4,818
The World Health Organization reduces its Ebola data as some cases recorded previously turned out to have arisen from other factors
New Ebola cases slowing in Liberia, but too soon to celebrate – WHO
UPDATED It appears that the trend is real in Liberia and there may indeed be a slowing of the epidemic s spread there says WHO assistant director general Bruce Aylward
Mali seeks to contain Ebola fears after girl dies
We are doing everything to prevent panic says Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Girl dies of Ebola in Mali's first case – gov't source
The girl had recently returned to Mali from neighboring Guinea
WHO eyes mass Ebola vaccines by mid-2015
UPDATED A vaccine is not the magic bullet but when ready it may be a good part of the effort to turn the tide of the epidemic a World Health Organization official says
Mali holds Ebola vaccine trials
Mali has no Ebola cases but it borders Guinea where the outbreak began
