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7 hrs ago | The Guardian

Mali hits Glastonbury: Rokia Traore, Fatoumata Diawara and more

When music was banned in Mali, the organisers of Glastonbury festival swung into action and invited the country's top acts over.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Rokia Traore, Ethnic, Malo, WA, Jazz, Andy Sheppard, Folk, Amadou & Mariam, Fela Kuti

15 hrs ago | Reuters

Mali says reaches deal with Tuareg rebels

Mali has reached a deal with Tuareg separatist rebels paving the way for Malian government troops to return to the rebel-held northern town of Kidal ahead of planned elections in July, Mali's chief negotiator said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Burkina Faso,

15 hrs ago | The Baltimore Sun

Mali says reaches deal with Tuareg rebels

Mali has reached a deal with Tuareg separatist rebels paving the way for Malian government troops to return to the rebel-held northern town of Kidal ahead of planned elections in July, Mali's chief negotiator said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Burkina Faso,

15 hrs ago | AlertNet

Mali says reaches deal with Tuareg rebels

Mali has reached a deal with Tuareg separatist rebels paving the way for Malian government troops to return to the rebel-held northern town of Kidal ahead of planned elections in July, Mali's chief negotiator said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Burkina Faso,

17 hrs ago | Umupira

Amavubi rue Haruna's absence against Algeria

The absence of midfielder Haruna Niyonziman left a huge gap to fill for Amavubi as they failed to hold Algerians who beat Rwanda 1-0 on Sunday at Amahoro stadium.

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Related Topix: World News,

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Luminato highlights: World-music fans entranced at the Hub,...

Sunday afternoon: The fickle weather deities are taking mercy on Luminato. After a morning deluge, the dark clouds relocate, allowing the sun to beam down upon the Hub, a.k.a. David Pecaut Square.

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Related Topix: World News,

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Iol.co.za

Mali July elections a 'bad idea' - analysts

Although elections are essential to restoring democratic rule in Mali, analysts doubt that the troubled West African nation will be ready for national polls by the end of July.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, South Africa

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Newstime Africa

Malian forces accused of torture as children as young as 13 are captured and detained

Malian forces sre reported to have tortured children - as young as 13 - in detention centres across Bamako for reported involvements or having links to armed militant groups, Amnesty International said in a release Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Activism, Amnesty International, Charitable Organizations

HawaiiNews

Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon The photocopies of...

The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Terrorism, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi (Gadhafi)

Thu Jun 13, 2013

The Daily Star

Mali is still waiting for lasting stability

As Mali's crisis deepens, the implications for its neighbors darken. North Africa has not been immune to the vectors of insecurity emanating from northern Mali, where global, ethnic, governmental, and environmental crises have produced disorder outstripping any typical Tuareg rebellion or common West African coup.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Mauritania, Opinion

Christian Science Monitor

In 2013, the kids aren't always all right - face war, exploitation

Pakistan scavenger boys collect recyclable items from garbage to earn a living for their families in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, World News, Pakistan, Africa

Chicago Reader

Best shows to see: Jack Oblivian, Man or Astro-Man?, Vieux Farka Toure, Buika

Thunderstorms and flash flooding-must be summer. Let's hope we got the worst of it out of the way before all the outdoor music this weekend.

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Related Topix: Weather, Chicago, IL, World News, Africa,

Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Peninsula

Mediators fly to Mali to salvag...

OUAGADOUGOU: Mediators working to hammer out a ceasefire agreement between Mali's government and Tuareg rebels before July elections flew to Bamako yesterday to attempt to convince the country's interim president to sign the deal.

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Related Topix: World News, Burkina Faso, Africa, Angela Merkel, Europe, Germany

Fox News

Al Qaeda Fears: Manual Suggests Training With Surface-to-Air Missiles

In this March 29, 2013 photo provided by the French Army's images division, ECPAD, a French soldier holds the launch tube of an SA-7 surface-to-air missile before its destruction in Timbuktu, northern Mali.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Terrorism, Libya

International Business Times

Peace Talks in Burkina Faso Proceed, Fighting in Mali Continues

MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of , where the population for the most part practise a more open-minded and tolerant Islam, the French soldiers were greeted as heroes by Gao's inhabitants.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore

News24

Traore to be presented with peace deal

Zimbabwe is expected to hold elections for the position of presidency, held by Robert Mugabe since 1987, in June or July of this year.

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Related Topix: Zimbabwe, Africa, World News, Robert Mugabe,

AlertNet

Mali to combat corruption with new law

A girl walks by a building pockmarked with bullet holes from fighting in Gao, on March 13 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Amadou Toumani Toure,

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Reuters

Mali government, Tuaregs reach ceasefire deal 'in principle'

A Malian government delegation and Tuareg separatist rebels have reached an agreement "in principle" that would allow planned elections in July to go ahead in the disputed northern Kidal region, a senior mediator in the talks said late on Monday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Burkina Faso,

Religion News Service

Timbuktu artifacts destroyed in Northern Mali fighting

Fighting in Mali has destroyed or damaged many religious artifacts and buildings in Timbuktu , an ancient Islamic learning center, local experts and a United Nations team have reported.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News,

Canada.com

Manual left behind in Mali suggests al-Qaida training to use feared surface-to-air missile

In this March 29, 2013 photo provided by the French Army's images division, ECPAD, a French soldier holds the launch tube of an SA-7 surface-to-air missile before its destruction in Timbuktu, northern Mali.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Terrorism, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi (Gadhafi)