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3. What event in Mali precipitated an announcement in Jan. 2013 by French President Francois Hollande that French military forces were assisting Malian forces in their conflict?
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The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organization fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, took over Mali's three largest northern cities. |
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Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a coup d'état by mutineering soldiers unhappy with his handling of the Tuareg crisis. |
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Islamist fighters took control of many northern Malian cities. |
