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International Women's Day: How it's celebrated around the globe
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In 2013, possibilities for stability from Somalia to South China SeaPolicymakers in many of the world's hot spots have a common New Year's wish: for unity to usher in and consolidate political and economic stability.
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The men who would save Mali's manuscripts
Islamist militants in Timbuktu destroyed graves and shrines associated with Sufism this year. Ancient manuscripts are not directly threatened, but some fear they are next.
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Mali's army dumps another government, this one led by ex-NASA scientist
Cheikh Modibo Diarra, an astrophysicist who has worked for NASA, abruptly resigned today as Mali’s interim prime minister following his arrest last night by the country’s powerful army.
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Mali's ex-rocket-scientist prime minister forced to quit by army (+video)
Cheikh Modibo Diarra's forced resignation at the hands of the military complicates African efforts to challenge Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists that hold the country's north.
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Moving Mali forward
Mali was turned upside down last spring as armed groups overran the north and the military toppled the president. For some, crisis is a wake-up call, offering Malians a chance to create a new path.
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Islamists silence the musicians who guide rural MaliFor centuries, griots have directed ceremonies, smoothed over disputes, and served as repositories of history and genealogy. Now in northern Mali they are out of a job.
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Will Mali be Africa's Afghanistan?Mali was hit by two successive shocks to its system this year – with the north seized by rebels and a coup in the capital – leaving its government fragile and the international community mulling intervention.
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Opinion: Mali security nightmare: Why foreign intervention alone won't stop the chaos
A divided Mali could become a haven for armed groups and a security nightmare for the whole of West Africa and far beyond. But foreign military intervention alone will be insufficient to address the turmoil. External troops will need the help of local and regional civil society organizations.
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What has the US already tried in Mali?
The US and the international community are debating how to intervene in war-torn Mali. But over the past decade, the US has already been heavily involved.
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In Mauritanian refugee camp, Mali's Tuaregs regroup
At Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania, 100,000 mainly Tuareg refugees from Mali regroup as Tuareg separatists and Islamist militants battle it out for control of northern Mali.
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Good Reads: Mali jihadis, and the consequences of military interventionMilitary intervention toppled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, but it also helped create a possible Islamist haven in northern Mali ... which has prompted more calls for military intervention.
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African Union gets a South African leader, lending the group heft
Observers hope that the long-deadlocked African Union will wield more influence with the economic and political power of South Africa behind it.
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Change Agent
Sharing local knowledge helps farmers succeedFive groups highlight how farmers can share their problems and solutions with each other and policymakers around the world.
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Again: Islamists destroy monuments, this time in Timbuktu
Al Qaeda-backed Islamists in Mali destroyed centuries-old UNESCO sites Saturday, recalling the 2001 destruction of Buddha statues in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
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Once a stopover, Mali town becomes frontline destination for displaced people
The town of Sévaré sits along Mali's de facto border with a region now controlled by Tuareg separatists. At a camp there, displaced people speak cautiously about why they fled.
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Rebel alliances strengthen in Mali's north, rattling neighboring countries
The northern two-thirds of Mali is now under control of Tuareg and Islamist rebels who want to redraw national boundaries and export revolution. Displaced minorities tell of brutality.
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Mob assaults Mali's president, calling peace deal into question
Mali's interim president, Dioncounda Traore, has been taken to the hospital, unconscious, after pro-military junta protesters broke into the presidential palace. Will a ECOWAS peace deal hold?
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West African group backs off intervention in Mali messECOWAS had warned of a possible military intervention, but at a meeting in the Malian capital of Bamako, they accepted an interim president chosen by military coup leaders.
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West African group mulls intervention in MaliECOWAS, a West African regional group, reimposes sanctions and considers military intervention after Mali's coup leaders renege on promise to cede power to civilian rulers.
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Coup and counter-coup: Mali's military junta retains control of capitalMali's military junta have kept control of the capital, Bamako, after loyalists of the former president launch a counter-coup. But the junta has lost much of the country to Tuareg rebels.
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Did Libya's revolution topple Mali into crisis?Maybe, but the Tuaregs have longed for independence for decades, and Mali's security has been declining for years.
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Mali's Tuareg rebels claim independence in north
Separatist Tuareg rebels have captured large areas of mail's vast Saraha region and declared the independent state of Azawad.
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African presidents forced to turn back from occupied Mali runway
The presidents of Ivory Coast, Benin, Liberia, Niger and Burkina Faso were due to arrive in Mali on Thursday to press for the departure of the junior officers that grabbed power in a coup last week.
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West African states put peacekeepers on standby over Mali
Last week, Mali's democratically elected government was overthrown in a military coup, triggering cuts in aid and rising tension.
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Africa Monitor
With coup, #Mali generates noise on TwitterDuring Tuesday's coup in relatively stable Mali, a dearth of information from standard news outlets made Twitter the go-to source for information.
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