Trafficking in the Sahel: Cracking down on illicit drugs (Feature by UN News)

06 may 2024 - 05:29:35
 Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise [...] Full text...

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Drug trafficking undermining stability and development in Sahel region: UN drug agency

21 april 2024 - 05:13:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Drug trafficking in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger – [...] Full text...

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Mali's draft Constitution in line with Peace and Reconciliation Agreement - UN Secretary-General

15 june 2023 - 16:30:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In his latest quarterly report on Mali, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted that the Draft Constitution, [...] Full text...

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Mali's Permanent Representative to UN addresses Security Council on developments in Mali

13 april 2023 - 14:34:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Permanent Representative to the UN, Issa Konfourou, Thursday gave details on evolution of the situation [...] Full text...

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Rights group flags coordinated massacres by Islamist armed groups

27 october 2022 - 12:17:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Islamist armed groups in Mali have killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands to flee [...] Full text...

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Algeria pledges support to Mali in restoration of constitutional order

08 july 2022 - 10:32:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Algeria's ambassador to Mali, El-Haouès Riache, has given the assurance that his country will continue to [...] Full text...

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22 civilians killed in terrorist attack in northern Mali

16 june 2022 - 16:27:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Platform of the Movements of 14 June 2014 of Algiers has denounced the killing of [...] Full text...

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Niger faces refugee influx as violence increases in neighbouring states: UNHCR

05 may 2022 - 11:06:23
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Tens of thousands of new refugees have arrived in Niger in the last four months to [...] Full text...

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Suspect in the assassination of CMA president arrested in Bamako

15 april 2021 - 18:50:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A man suspected in the assassination of the president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA, [...] Full text...

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Malian PM condemns the assassination of CMA President

14 april 2021 - 16:57:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane, has condemned the assassination, on Tuesday in Bamako, of the current [...] Full text...

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Unidentified armed men kill CMA acting president in Bamako

13 april 2021 - 17:33:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The current president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), a former rebel group and one [...] Full text...

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Six young villagers killed in northern Mali in suspected French Barkane force airstrike

27 march 2021 - 15:40:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six young people from the village of Talataye, located between Gao and Ménaka, in northern Mali, [...] Full text...

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Senior junta official elected president of National Transition Council

05 december 2020 - 18:36:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Colonel Malick Diaw, the first vice president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the [...] Full text...

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Mali: New members of government appointees

05 october 2020 - 21:35:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A week after the nomination of a new prime minister, Moctar Ouane, the chairman of the [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Region: Uneasy calm before preventable storms (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)

05 october 2020 - 08:47:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - One of the useful lessons to be drawn from the unfolding political and security crises in [...] Full text...

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Imam Mahmoud Dicko calls on military junta in Mali to respect its commitments

22 august 2020 - 15:28:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Imam Mahmoud Dicko, leader of the June 5 Movement- Rally of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP), Saturday admonished [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council to meet on Wednesday on the situation in Mali

19 august 2020 - 11:54:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Security Council will meet this Wednesday in emergency and behind closed doors on [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Mali coup leaders close borders, impose curfew

19 august 2020 - 08:08:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali military who ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita on Tuesday have announced the establishment of [...] Full text...

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Malian govt. outraged by CMA's "blatant violation" of the Peace and National Reconciliation Agreement

28 may 2020 - 18:57:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In a statement issued on Thursday, the Malian government said it had noted with indignation that [...] Full text...

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Former CMA rebels involved in terrorist attacks in Mali, says UN report

12 march 2020 - 20:29:39
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In its mid-term report, dated 28 February, the United Nations group of experts has confirmed that [...] Full text...

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Situation in central Mali ‘deteriorating’, UN rights expert warns

22 february 2020 - 05:41:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Growing violence has contributed to a deteriorating security situation in central Mali, with impunity being one [...] Full text...

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Battalion of the reconstituted Malian Army arrives in Kidal

14 february 2020 - 13:04:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A battalion of the reconstituted Malian Army arrived in Kidal  in the far north of Mali [...] Full text...

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Reconstituted Malian Army starts redeploying to Kidal

11 february 2020 - 12:37:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Redeployment of Mali's reconstituted Army started on Monday in Kidal, in the far north of the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso in retrospect: Almost all regions affected by terrorism in 2019

23 december 2019 - 20:42:47
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In 2019, almost all regions of Burkina Faso were affected by terrorist attacks which left [...] Full text...

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Malian government declares MINUSMA chief persona non grata in Kidal

10 december 2019 - 23:01:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  -  The Malian government Tuesday declared Franchman Chistophe Sivillon, the chief of the UN multidimensional integrated mission [...] Full text...

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Mali to launch the inclusive national dialogue on December 14

02 december 2019 - 19:07:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, announced on Saturday evening, in a televised message to his compatriots, [...] Full text...

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Niger to add eleventh national language

07 october 2019 - 23:22:03
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  A nomadic community living mainly in the north (desert), Igdalan, at a forum here Sunday called [...] Full text...

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Refugee group denounces "crimes covered" by Malian army in Timbuktu

27 september 2019 - 14:23:53
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Executives of the Collective of the Berabich Diaspora in Mauritania (CCDBM-refugees from Northern Mali) "condemn with [...] Full text...

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CSA president says Azawad movement violated Algiers peace deal for Mali

19 february 2019 - 22:34:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chairman of the monitoring committee on the agreement for peace and reconciliation in Mali (CSA), [...] Full text...

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'Dire’ humanitarian situation, ‘grave’ security concerns challenge fragile peace

17 january 2019 - 05:28:27
New York, US (PANA) - With over 800 schools forced to close due to insecurity, and 2.3 million vulnerable people [...] Full text...

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Armed men kill 40 civilians in northern Mali

14 december 2018 - 14:37:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 40 civilians have been killed in the last two days in the localities of Tinabaw, [...] Full text...

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Senior Tuareg separatist movement official dies in Bamako

24 october 2018 - 11:23:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The vice president of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and member of [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council welcomes results of Mali's presidential elections

25 august 2018 - 06:17:43
New York, US (PANA) - The members of the Security Council on Friday welcomed the publication of the final results [...] Full text...

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Beyond the motions of an electoral success in Mali (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)

25 july 2018 - 11:18:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian voters go to the polls on 29 July to either elect a new president or [...] Full text...

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UN expert raises red flags about deteriorating rights situation in Mali

04 july 2018 - 19:26:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A senior United Nations rights expert on Wednesday decried the “alarming” deterioration of the security, human [...] Full text...

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US: UN mission in Mali condemns ceasefire breaches by peace accord signatories

07 july 2017 - 02:07:20
New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali has condemned continuing ceasefire violations by two signatories [...] Full text...

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US: Terrorist attacks 'major' hurdle to peace in Mali, says UN mission chief

17 june 2017 - 03:50:23
New York, US (PANA) - Despite progress towards peace in Mali, terrorist attacks remain a major obstacle, the head of [...] Full text...

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US: UN condemns Mali suicide attack

19 january 2017 - 06:19:57
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the suicide-vehicle attack on Wednesday perpetrated against [...] Full text...

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US: US condemns 'cowardly attack' on Malian town

19 january 2017 - 06:09:59
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has strongly condemned Wednesday's "cowardly attack" on a military camp in Gao [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief condemns attacks against UN mission in Mali

04 october 2016 - 17:44:00
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Monday's series of attacks against the UN Multidimensional Integrated [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban urges Malians to implement peace agreement

23 september 2016 - 18:52:55
New York, US (PANA) - The promotion of peace and stability in Mali is crucial to its people, for the [...] Full text...

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US: US government condemns renewed fighting in northern Mali

23 july 2016 - 17:39:48
New York, US (PANA) - The US government has condemned the renewed violence between armed groups in Kidal, northern Mali, [...] Full text...

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UN: UN mission in Mali condemns renewed clashes between armed groups

22 july 2016 - 17:40:04
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Friday condemned clashes that took [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Security Council extends mandates of UN missions in Mali, Darfur

29 june 2016 - 18:54:53
New York, US (PANA) - UN Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of UN peacekeeping missions in Mali and [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban strongly condemns violent demonstration in northern Mali

21 april 2016 - 06:17:36
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the violent demonstrations that took place on 18 [...] Full text...

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UN: UN mission in Mali renews call for calm after two demonstrators killed in Kidal

19 april 2016 - 22:44:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Tuesday renewed its call for [...] Full text...

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Mali: Addressing sexual violence central to Mali peace process - UN envoy

19 april 2016 - 06:43:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A United Nations envoy has stressed the need to make the issue of sexual violence in [...] Full text...

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Mali: UN Security Council vows to support Mali during 'key moment' in history

06 march 2016 - 09:55:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Diplomats with the United Nations Security Council arrived in Mali Saturday, the first stop of their [...] Full text...

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UN: UN envoy outraged by attack against peacekeepers in Mali

12 february 2016 - 15:05:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy in Mali, Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, has expressed outrage over an attack on [...] Full text...

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Algeria: Algeria-Mali strategic bilateral committee meets

17 january 2016 - 12:05:41
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The 10th session of the Algeria-Mali strategic bilateral committee on Northern Mali holds on Sunday in [...] Full text...

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UN: Challenges in Mali need to be ‘urgently defeated’ – UN peacekeeping chief

12 january 2016 - 05:40:34
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations peacekeeping chief on Monday warned that the peace process in the West [...] Full text...

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Mali: Govt. declares 10-day state of emergency after Friday’s terrorist attack

21 november 2015 - 12:26:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government on Saturday declared a ten-day state of emergency, following Friday's terrorist attack on [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief condemns terrorist attack on hotel in Bamako

20 november 2015 - 19:23:31
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned the "horrific" terrorist attack at the Radisson hotel in [...] Full text...

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UN: Mali peace process back on track, but vigilance necessary, says UN envoy

06 october 2015 - 17:11:31
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. [...] Full text...

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Mali: UN mission condemns violation of ceasefire in Kidal region

17 august 2015 - 19:11:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – After eruption of fighting over the weekend in northern Mali’s Kidal region between armed groups, [...] Full text...

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Mali: Bamako condemns ceasefire violation in Kidal region

17 august 2015 - 17:26:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government Monday has strongly condemned Saturday's exchange of fire between between armed groups linked [...] Full text...

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Mali: CMA armed groups condemn terrorist attacks in Mali

12 august 2015 - 19:55:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The union of armed groups (CMA) in northern Mali, which are signatory to the peace and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africans reportedly caught up in Mali attack

08 august 2015 - 06:42:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Department of International Relations says it is closely monitoring the situation in [...] Full text...

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UN: UNESCO praises Timbuktu people for rebuilding heritage sites

20 july 2015 - 21:04:42
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday praised the people of Timbuktu [...] Full text...

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UN: Security Council extends Mali's mission mandate, adds observers

29 june 2015 - 22:10:22
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Monday extended the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Mali peace agreement: A mission accomplished but not completed (By Amadou Gaye, PANA external collaborator)

25 june 2015 - 21:20:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - After more than three-and-a-half years of conflict and nearly a year of negotiations, the Coordination of [...] Full text...

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UN: UN envoy calls for international support to implement Mali peace accord

23 june 2015 - 20:24:10
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), [...] Full text...

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US: US congratulates Mali over peace accord

22 june 2015 - 09:15:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government has congratulated the Malian people, including the parties to the peace [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban welcomes Mali peace accord

21 june 2015 - 00:12:50
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Saturday's signing of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation [...] Full text...

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UN: UN mission in Mali welcomes armed groups withdrawal from Menaka

19 june 2015 - 21:01:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has welcomed the announcement made on [...] Full text...

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Guinea: New contingent of Guinean soldiers deployed in Mali

10 june 2015 - 19:06:40
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinea is deploying 162 soldiers to Mali where they will stationed in the north-east of the [...] Full text...

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US: OIC welcomes Mali's peace, reconciliation agreement

17 may 2015 - 18:05:17
New York, US (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani, has welcomed the [...] Full text...

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Mali: Peace and reconciliation deal signed in Mali

15 may 2015 - 22:19:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government, represented by its ministry of foreign affairs, the representatives of the armed movements [...] Full text...

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Algeria: Algeria, France urge Malian parties to sign peace deal

13 may 2015 - 11:51:26
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria and France have urged all parties involved in the Malian crisis to sign, on 15 [...] Full text...

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Mali: 9 Malian soldiers killed in ambush in northern Mali

12 may 2015 - 13:29:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Twenty-three Malians, including nine soldiers, were killed on Monday in Tin-Telout on the Timbuktu-Goundam road, in [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban calls for immediate cessation to hostilities in northern Mali

29 april 2015 - 22:42:43
New York, US PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for an immediate end to hostilities in northern [...] Full text...

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UN: UN envoy in Mali urges parties to 'immediately cease hostilities'

29 april 2015 - 07:52:32
New York, US (PANA) - Following an upsurge in violence in Mali, the UN Special Representative and head of the [...] Full text...

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Algeria: Restoration of security in Sahelo-Saharan space essential to fight against terrorism - AU

16 april 2015 - 21:49:58
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner, Ismael Chergui, has said in Algiers that the [...] Full text...

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Mali: Malian govt rejects "new deals" on Algiers peace pre-agreement

19 march 2015 - 18:42:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government has "rejected any possibility to open new talks on the content of the [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban deplores violent protests against Mission compound, launches inquiry

30 january 2015 - 07:09:39
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly protests against a UN Stabilization Mission in [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Mission in Mali investigates violent protests

29 january 2015 - 08:37:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has launched an investigation into the events surrounding a [...] Full text...

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UN: UN mission in Mali wards off rebel attack

22 january 2015 - 06:01:24
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has confirmed it used force in response to machine [...] Full text...

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Malia: Malian inclusive dialogue continues in Algiers - Newspaper

24 november 2014 - 19:46:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The international mediation talks in Algiers to resolve the Malian crisis has continued to work at [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Armed groups in North Mali satisfied with inter-Malian talks

21 november 2014 - 20:40:01
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The secretary general of the Coordination for the Azawad People, Hamadi Ould Cheikh, has said that [...] Full text...

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Mali: Talks between Malian government, armed groups postponed

15 august 2014 - 20:59:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The resumption of talks between the Malian government and armed groups in northern Mali, initially planned [...] Full text...

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Mali: French troops arrest jihadist leader Daha

31 july 2014 - 21:08:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – French troops have arrested a leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa [...] Full text...

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Mali: Gov't raises red flags over provocations of rebels in northern Mali

11 july 2014 - 16:02:48
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government has raised red flags over provocations by rebel groups in the north of [...] Full text...

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US: UN official says progress on political process key to stability in Mali

18 june 2014 - 20:29:59
New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Herve Ladsous, says the time for peace talks [...] Full text...

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Mali: Jihadist, 30 others, break jail in Bamako

17 june 2014 - 20:27:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – About 30 prisoners, including Mohamed Ag Walhouseini, described as a dangerous jihadist linked to Al Qaeda [...] Full text...

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Mali: Bamako delighted at moves by armed groups to partake in inclusive dialogue

12 june 2014 - 18:53:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government Thursday issued an official statement, welcoming the 9 June, 2014, joint declaration by [...] Full text...

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Mali: MINUSMA to investigate human rights violations in Kidal

29 may 2014 - 16:30:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is to investigate human rights violations [...] Full text...

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UN: UN agencies scale up relief measures in northern Mali

27 may 2014 - 22:22:45
New York, US (PANA) - The UN says its relief agencies and their partners are scaling up relief assistance in [...] Full text...

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Mali: Fact-finding ICC mission in Mali

27 may 2014 - 16:55:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A mission of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrived Monday [...] Full text...

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Mali: Pro-government parties express solidarity with army

24 may 2014 - 15:50:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Hundreds of pro-government supporters on Saturday demonstrated in the Malian capital, Bamako, to show support to [...] Full text...

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Mali: Three opposition parties demand resignation of Prime Minister

24 may 2014 - 15:10:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Three Malian opposition parties are demanding the resignation of Malian Prime Moussa Mara, whom they have [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Media highlight Malian crisis

24 may 2014 - 14:28:05
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian media this week highlighted the Malian crisis, marked by the violent fighting in Kidal, [...] Full text...

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Mali: Government and armed groups sign ceasefire deal

24 may 2014 - 13:23:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government and three armed groups, the National Movement for Azawad Liberation (MNLA), the High [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU calls for immediate ceasefire in Kidal

23 may 2014 - 22:28:17
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has called for an immediate ceasefire between the Malian army and the [...] Full text...

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UN: Fresh violence in northern Mali uproots hundreds of civilians

23 may 2014 - 19:16:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Friday said deadly clashes between Tuareg rebels and Malian government forces in [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Renewed violence in northern Mali threatening West African region'

21 may 2014 - 13:56:07
New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. Albert Koenders, [...] Full text...

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Mali: Malian president vows, "I'll punish armed invaders of Kidal"

20 may 2014 - 16:22:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, Monday vowed that perpetrators of the attack during Prime Minister [...] Full text...

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Mali: Malian govt condemns attack by MNLA rebels

19 may 2014 - 11:31:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has strongly condemned ''the horrible act'' perpetrated by suspected Azawad terrorists which left [...] Full text...

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Guinea: US trains Guinea peacekeepers

14 february 2014 - 22:17:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean president Alpha Condé on Friday lauded 900 Guinean soldiers who have completed a two-week training [...] Full text...

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Special Security: Military, diplomatic intervention saved Mali from terrorism threat - Analyst

28 january 2014 - 17:56:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Residents of Northern Mali towns of Gao, Kidali and Timbuktu are enjoying relative stability following the [...] Full text...

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Mali support group condemns killing of French journalists

03 november 2013 - 09:08:57
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Participants at the sixth meeting of the Support and Follow-up Group (SFG) on the situation [...] Full text...

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Top Malian lawyer denounces freedom for MNLA rebels

27 september 2013 - 14:28:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Chief Prosecutor of the Bamako Appeal Court, Daniel Tessougue, has condemned the the Malian government [...] Full text...

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Mauritania pledges to reinforce cooperation with Mali

22 september 2013 - 15:09:27
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – In his congratulatory message to the newly-inaugurated Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Mauritanian president, Mohamed [...] Full text...

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MNLA rebels congratulate Mali's president-elect

15 august 2013 - 17:32:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali's Tuareg rebels, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), have sent a congratulatory [...] Full text...

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About 150 Mali soldiers enter Kidal

06 july 2013 - 16:18:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 150 Malian soldiers have entered the northern town of Kidal to prepare for the return [...] Full text...

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EU wants Malian peace deal with Tuareg militants implemented

25 june 2013 - 14:51:04
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of Foreign ministers of the European Union on Monday called for the implementation of [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS welcomes Mali agreement

19 june 2013 - 20:29:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo has welcomed Tuesday's agreement between the Mali [...] Full text...

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EU representative welcomes pact between Malian govt., Tuareg rebels

19 june 2013 - 12:28:36
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Special Representative of the European Union (EU) for the Sahel, Michel Reveyrand de Menthon, has [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes accord between Mali govt, Tuareg rebels

19 june 2013 - 08:00:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the pact between the Government of Mali and Tuareg [...] Full text...

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EU backs Malian govt., Tuareg rebels talks

13 june 2013 - 12:50:53
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has expressed support for ongoing talks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, between the [...] Full text...

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AU-EU security meeting calls for rule of law, fair polls in Mali, Guinea Bissau

12 june 2013 - 09:09:58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Organisation of free, fair, transparent and inclusive elections could normalise situations in Mali and Guinea [...] Full text...

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AI raises alarm over rights abuses in Mali after French intervention

08 june 2013 - 08:39:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Civilians are among dozens of people who have been tortured, killed or have disappeared, including while [...] Full text...

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Mali’s presidential poll holds 28 July

28 may 2013 - 13:03:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malians will go to the polls on 28 July for the first round of the presidential [...] Full text...

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HRW urges respect for laws of war in Mali

07 may 2013 - 10:18:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has tasked all warring parties in northern Mali to abide by the [...] Full text...

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Nouakchott, Bamako hail French-African intervention in Mali

11 march 2013 - 21:09:55
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian and Malian presidents have hailed the intervention of the French-African troops to restore Mali's [...] Full text...

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Malian court issues arrest warrants against leaders of armed Islamist groups

10 february 2013 - 17:06:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian court has issued arrest warrants against 28 persons belonging to the National Movement for [...] Full text...

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Compaoré: I'm ready to meet dissidents from Mali's Ansare Dine Islamist group

28 january 2013 - 20:44:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Burkinabe president, Blaise Compaoré, declared on Monday in Addis Ababa that he is prepared to [...] Full text...

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Malian MPs condemn human rights’ violations in north

21 january 2013 - 16:39:45
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali’s national parliament has strongly condemned the violation of human rights in the country's north, and [...] Full text...

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Rape, torture among serious rights violations in Mali – UN report

19 january 2013 - 15:32:25
New York, US (PANA) - The ongoing crisis in Mali has led to serious human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, [...] Full text...

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France says military strikes not targeting Malian Tuareg

16 january 2013 - 11:18:55
Paris, France (PANA) - The French Defence Minister, Jean Yves Le Drian, said Tuesday in Paris that his country's military [...] Full text...

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Joint Sudanese/Libyan force to be deployed along common border

18 december 2012 - 15:49:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and Libya have agreed to deploy a joint force along their common borders, a measure [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian press dominated by crisis in Mali

08 december 2012 - 15:14:17
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian newspapers this week turned attention to the situation in northern Mali, occupied for several [...] Full text...

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Mali's armed groups ready for dialogue with Malian authorities

17 november 2012 - 13:52:43
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As the spectre of military intervention looms to flush them out, the armed groups occupying [...] Full text...

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President Compaoré to attend extraordinary ECOWAS summit on Mali

09 november 2012 - 21:50:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, will attend Sunday's extraordinary summit on the Malian [...] Full text...

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AU chief arrives on first mission to avert Mali split

18 october 2012 - 17:48:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission's first woman Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has arrived in Bamako, Mali, vowing to [...] Full text...

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ICRC visits Malian soldiers detained by rebels

02 august 2012 - 21:20:29
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – A team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mali-Niger has visited 79 Malian [...] Full text...

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France cautions against 'liberation' of northern Mali by armed militias

23 july 2012 - 20:24:14
Paris, France (PANA) – France is cautioning against any action by armed militias to "liberate" northern Mali saying it will [...] Full text...

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UNHCR asks France to suspend expulsion of Malians

18 june 2012 - 20:18:03
Paris, France (PANA) – The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked France to suspend the expulsion of [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS rejects creation of Islamic state in northern Mali

29 may 2012 - 13:01:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the attempt to establish the ‘Islamic [...] Full text...

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Malian govt. rejects creation of independent state in troubled north

28 may 2012 - 10:54:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has strongly rejected the creation of an Islamic state in the north, as [...] Full text...

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Tuareg rebellion: ECOWAS deploys troops to Mali

27 april 2012 - 00:37:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS leaders Thursday ordered the immediate deployment of regional troops to Mali to help the country [...] Full text...

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MPs urge rebel groups to withdraw from northern Mali

20 april 2012 - 14:01:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian parliamentarians on Thursday called on rebel groups occupying northern Mali to withdraw immediately from the [...] Full text...

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Malian rebels release 160 detained military personnel

18 april 2012 - 12:34:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - One hundred sixty Malian soldiers who were detained by the Tuareg rebels and their Islamist allies [...] Full text...

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Malian envoy, rebels meet in Nouakchott

16 april 2012 - 12:17:07
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mali may have turned to Mauritania to help broker peace between it and the Tuareg rebels [...] Full text...

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President Alpha Condé backs ECOWAS initiatives in Guinea Bissau

14 april 2012 - 15:00:01
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinean president Alpha Condé, mediator in the socio-political crisis in Guinea Bissau, has thrown his weight [...] Full text...

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Council recommends deployment of ECOWAS troops in Mali

13 april 2012 - 20:44:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council has recommended for adoption by regional leaders the report of [...] Full text...

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Mali's acting president to be inaugurated on Thursday

11 april 2012 - 20:49:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Mali's national assembly, Professor Dioncounda Traoré, will be inaugurated on Thursday as [...] Full text...

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EU hails return to constitutional rule in Mali

11 april 2012 - 19:18:13
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has hailed the planned return to constitutional rule in Mali, following an [...] Full text...

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Group of northern Malians seeks liberation of rebel-occupied territories

10 april 2012 - 18:25:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A group of northern Malians based in Mali's capital city of Bamako, under the aegis of [...] Full text...

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Libya rejects 'independence of Azawad'

09 april 2012 - 21:40:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Monday rejected the proclamation of independence of Azawad by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali. In [...] Full text...

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Mauritania, Niger, Algeria seek dialogue in Mali

09 april 2012 - 12:36:18
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania, Niger and Algeria have called for dialogue among all the stakeholders in Mali to find [...] Full text...

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Deal with Mali putschists paves way for ending Tuareg rebellion (Analysis)

07 april 2012 - 17:29:31
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Malian putschists' deal with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to return the [...] Full text...

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DEVELOPING STORY: ECOWAS, Mali coup plotters strike deal

07 april 2012 - 06:18:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the coup plotters in Mali have struck [...] Full text...

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We don't recognize 'State of Azawad' - US

06 april 2012 - 22:03:29
New York, US (PANA) - The United States has joined the growing list of nations and organizations that have denied [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS calls declaration of Azawad independence ''null and void''

06 april 2012 - 21:28:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has described Friday's declaration of independence for the [...] Full text...

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AU urges ECOWAS force to reverse rebel advance in Mali

06 april 2012 - 16:45:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Dismissing the declaration of independence of Azawad by Malian rebels, the African Union (AU) Friday [...] Full text...

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Malian rebels declare independence

06 april 2012 - 13:50:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Tuareg rebels who have seized the northern part of Mali on Friday proclaimed independence for [...] Full text...

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Mali Junta denounces serious rights violations in rebel-held cities

04 april 2012 - 20:47:57
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's military junta, which took power on 22 March, on Wedndesday denounced the "grave" human rights [...] Full text...

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Amnesty urges armed groups in Mali to protect civilians, end chaos

03 april 2012 - 08:39:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged Tuareg and Islamist armed groups to protect civilians in the northern Mali [...] Full text...

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One of Mali's largest cities, Kidal, falls to advancing Tuareg rebels

30 march 2012 - 16:11:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Tuareg rebels of the National Monument for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), backed by Al Qaeda [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS holds extra-ordinary summit on Mali

23 march 2012 - 17:08:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, is to hold an extra-ordinary summit in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, [...] Full text...

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Malian putschists urged to respect human rights

23 march 2012 - 10:20:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Malian putschists who overthrew the democratically-elected government of the West African nation on Thursday should restore [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS vows 'urgent action' to restore democracy in Mali

22 march 2012 - 19:27:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In its second reaction to the military putsch in Mali Thursday, the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS calls for regional strategies to tackle organized transnational crimes

21 march 2012 - 17:35:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged police chiefs in Member States to [...] Full text...

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IOM, partners relocate displaced Malians from Niger's border

21 march 2012 - 09:48:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with Niger and UNHCR, has relocated more than [...] Full text...

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IOM, partners relocate displaced Malians to safety zones

20 march 2012 - 17:37:33
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Thousands of endangered Malians have been relocated to safety zones along the Niger south-Western borders, the [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS to mediate in Mali crisis

19 march 2012 - 18:51:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Monday that it will soon launch [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says Malian refugees flood Mauritania, Burkina Faso

02 march 2012 - 19:38:31
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said that Mauritania and Burkina Faso [...] Full text...

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UNHCR seeks US$35.6 million to support Mali refugees

24 february 2012 - 18:35:16
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday appealed for US$35.6 million with which [...] Full text...

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At least 82,000 people displaced by rebel fighters in northern Mali

21 february 2012 - 17:28:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – At least 60,000 people have been displaced from their homes in Mali and more than 22,000 [...] Full text...

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Tuareg rebels attacked two villages in Mali

20 february 2012 - 15:10:57
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Tuareg rebels, claiming to belong to the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), on [...] Full text...

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Forum of Bamako opens in Mali

16 february 2012 - 18:32:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 12th edition of the "Forum of Bamako" opened Thursday in the Malian capital under the [...] Full text...

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France set to assist Mali stop Tuareg rebels

10 february 2012 - 16:53:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The French Minister of Cooperation, Henri de Raincourt, arrived in Mali on Thursday to help the [...] Full text...

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UN chief expresses concern over fighting in Northern Mali

09 february 2012 - 08:34:37
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern over the outbreak of fighting between government [...] Full text...

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'Malian troops taking refuge in Niger are no deserters'

08 february 2012 - 20:40:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian soldiers, who have entered Niger, are not deserters, Mali's defence and War Veterans' minister, General [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS sends fact-finding mission to rebellion-hit Mali (re-issued, correcting date of Mediation and Security Council Meeting)

08 february 2012 - 20:37:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An ECOWAS fact-finding mission is due to arrive in Mali on Thursday for a three-day assessment [...] Full text...

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Clashes in northern Mali worry EU

08 february 2012 - 17:10:52
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has expressed concern at the violence which erupted in the northern part [...] Full text...

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UNHCR steps up support for Malian refugees

07 february 2012 - 17:48:33
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has deployed its workers to assist some [...] Full text...

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Malian president vows to deal with rampaging Tuareg rebels

03 february 2012 - 16:29:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Determined to effectively manage the current crisis in the northern part of his country, Malian President [...] Full text...

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Bamako investigates atrocities by Tuareg rebels in Mali

31 january 2012 - 15:24:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate atrocities allegedly committed by [...] Full text...

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UN official calls for mechanism to address challenges in West Africa

27 january 2012 - 08:55:29
New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe Thursday called for the establishment of a [...] Full text...

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AU condemns rebel attacks in northern Mali

23 january 2012 - 15:08:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the attacks perpetrated by armed groups in the towns [...] Full text...

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