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Mali: Govt, rebels talks extended

2013-06-13 07:44

International mediators have failed to convince Mali's president to sign a deal with northern Tuareg rebels that would pave the way for nationwide polls next month.

Mali mediators hopeful of vote accord

2013-06-10 16:06

Burkinabe mediators hosting talks between Mali's government and armed Tuareg rebels say they hope for an agreement to enable elections next month.

UN Mali aid faces massive funding gap

2013-04-19 19:41

Aid operations to help 457 000 people who have fled their homes in war-torn Mali are facing a massive funding shortfall, the UN’s refugee agency says.

UN concern over Tuaregs, Arabs in Mali

2013-04-04 08:58

The UN has expressed concern over continuing violence against ethnic Tuaregs and Arabs in Mali, citing evidence of new rights abuses against the two communities.

Mali: French troops prepare to fight

2013-01-16 10:20

The first troops from a multinational African intervention force are expected in Mali as French soldiers prepare to face Islamist fighters in the north, in their first operation.

30 000 displaced in Mali fighting

2013-01-15 08:59

An estimated 30 000 people may have been displaced by fighting in central and northern Mali since Islamist insurgents suddenly started moving south last week, the UN says.

Mali armed groups, govt postpone talks

2013-01-09 09:04

Talks planned between the Malian government and two armed groups from the country’s north have been postponed, officials say.

Mali rebels vow to respect national unity

2012-12-05 13:13

Mali government officials have met with two armed groups for the first time in a landmark encounter that saw the rebels pledge to respect the country’s territorial integrity and root out "terrorism".

Mali rebels, govt set to meet

2012-12-04 09:17

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, west Africa's chief mediator for the crisis in Mali, is set to hold his first joint meeting with delegations from the Malian government and two rebel groups, his office says.

Top Mali mediator meets rebel leaders

2012-11-16 22:33

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has held joint talks with Mali's Islamist rebels Ansar Dine and Tuareg separatist leaders for the first time.

Mali Islamist group under pressure

2012-11-05 12:11

Burkina Faso has led efforts to persuade one of the armed Islamist groups controlling northern Mali to cut ties with al-Qaeda as a west African military intervention looms to end the crisis.

Troops deploy in northern Burkina Faso

2012-10-11 11:05

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has ordered 1 000 combat troops to be deployed in the northern region bordering crisis-hit Mali to guard against kidnappings, an official says.

Burkina Faso takes border dispute to ICJ

2012-10-08 14:13

Burkinabe representatives have opened arguments before the UN’s highest court over a decades-old border dispute with neighbouring Niger, seeking a final ruling on the issue.

Burkina Faso envoy resigns amid probe

2012-09-18 13:26

Burkina Faso's ambassador to France, Joseph Pare, has resigned following the publication of the findings of the country’s anti-fraud body which accused him of embezzling $518 000.

Ghana president to meet I Coast leader

2012-09-05 13:27

Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama is set to visit neighbouring Ivory Coast, which is seeking the extradition of ex-Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo’s spokesperson, who was arrested in Accra last month.

Mali weighs unity government

2012-07-31 22:11

The clock is ricking for Bamako to announce a unity government that mediators hope will be able to wrest back Mali’s north, occupied by al-Qaeda-linked extremists.

Malians protest against Islamists

2012-07-04 15:29

Protesters from northern Mali have held a sit-in in Bamako against Islamists who have enforced strict sharia, destroyed ancient shrines and trapped residents with landmines in their region.

30 killed in clashes at Mali-Burkina border

2012-05-25 07:36

The governor of the northern region of Burkina Faso says at least 30 people from the Peul ethnic group have been killed and about 1 000 displaced in ethnic clashes on the border with Mali.

Mali rulers strive to restore calm

2012-05-02 14:05

Mali's rulers are seeking to restore calm after pro-junta soldiers stamped out a counter-coup bid by the presidential guard, sparking clashes in the capital that left at least 22 dead.

French hostages in Mali are alive

2012-04-15 17:27

A top official in Burkina Faso says an Islamist group has sent security forces a video to prove that the two French hostages they seized in Mali are still alive.

Millions at risk in Sahel, UN says

2012-03-29 09:23

Millions of people in Africa's turbulent Sahel region are on the brink of starvation due to drought and conflict, the UN says.

Burkina Faso fires 136 cops after mutiny

2012-03-08 19:17

Burkina Faso's government says it has fired 136 police officers who were involved in a mutiny last year.

Thousands of refugees flee Mali fighting

2012-02-21 07:37

More than 35 000 refugees from Mali have crossed into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger to flee fighting between Tuareg rebels and government forces, officials say.

8 000 Mali refugees stream into Burkina Faso

2012-02-09 11:02

The government of Burkina Faso says at least 8 000 refugees from the Tuareg ethnic group have crossed into its territory from neighbouring Mali in recent days.

Burkina Faso to bust corruption

2012-01-05 22:13

Burkina Faso's Prime Minister has vowed that "we will be merciless" in cases of corruption, like that of the head of the customs service arrested at the weekend.

 

Traore to be presented with peace deal

2013-06-12 15:40

The lead mediator in Mali peace talks has left the Ouagadougou venue to present a compromise deal to Malian President Dioncounda Traore in Bamako, a member of his delegation says.

Date set for Mali presidential polls

2013-05-28 09:44

Mali will hold a presidential election on July 28, according to a draft law adopted by the cabinet as the nation struggles to move on from war and an 18-month political crisis.

Burkina Faso, Niger happy at ICJ ruling

2013-04-16 22:29

The west African nations of Burkina Faso and Niger have expressed satisfaction after the International Court of Justice settled a border dispute that dated back to French colonial times.

2 000 Ecowas troops in Mali within 10 days

2013-01-17 08:30

At least 2 000 Ecowas troops forming part of a regional intervention in Mali’s French-backed war against Islamic extremists are set to arrive in Bamako within the next 10 days, official sources say.

African army chiefs meet on Mali conflict

2013-01-15 16:27

Western African army chiefs have met in Bamako on plans to send African troops to join an offensive against Islamists occupying northern Mali.

Islamists flee French air strikes in Mali

2013-01-15 07:54

French air strikes have forced Islamist guerrillas to flee towns in northern Mali and Paris secured new international support for military action as the militants struck back, seizing a small western town.

Burkina Faso ruling party wins

2012-12-07 16:31

Burkina Faso's ruling party and its allies have secured a strong majority in this month's parliamentary election.

Mali government, rebels talk

2012-12-04 22:40

Delegations from the Malian government and two rebel groups occupying the country's vast desert north have held their first talks in Burkina Faso.

Mali groups reject Algeria, Burkina Faso role

2012-11-26 09:47

A coalition of Malian political parties and a citizen's association based in the Islamist-occupied north has objected to Algeria and Burkina Faso's role in mediating their country's crisis.

'Important steps' made in Mali talks

2012-11-06 14:26

The foreign affairs minister of Burkina Faso says important steps have been made after three days of talks with an extremist group whose members control parts of northern Mali.

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Burkina Faso community garden

2012-10-16 08:56

In the arid northwestern Sahel belt of Burkina Faso, women are using a garden to change their community's diet and fight malnutrition. Watch.

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Mali crisis: Algeria, Mauritania urge talks

2012-10-08 15:12

Mauritania and Algeria have called for dialogue in a bid to reach a political solution to the six-month-old crisis in neighbouring Mali, after ruling out sending troops there to battle Islamist militia.

Mali mediator wants dialogue with rebels

2012-10-08 09:18

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, the lead mediator in Mali's ongoing crisis, says he would form a "dialogue framework" for inclusive talks between Bamako and armed groups from the country’s north.

Floods kill at least 18 in Burkina Faso

2012-09-06 14:03

Heavy rains and flooding since the start of June have claimed 18 lives in Burkina Faso and made more than 21 000 people homeless, an emergency aid official says.

UN: Mali crisis impacting Sahel hunger

2012-08-02 22:20

The political crisis in Mali is having a "deep impact" on the food emergency in the Sahel, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres says.

Scores recruited by Mali Qaeda offshoot

2012-07-19 09:04

A group of armed youths has just arrived in Gao from Burkina Faso, joining hundreds of other young African recruits who have come to sign up with radical Islamists controlling the northern Mali town.

US expanding secret spy bases in Africa

2012-06-14 20:13

The United States military is expanding a secret network of air bases across Africa in order to spy on al-Qaeda and other militant groups, says a report.

Ecowas troops in Guinea-Bissau

2012-05-17 22:14

Around 70 soldiers of a west African force have arrived in Guinea-Bissau, part of regional efforts to restore stability after the coup.

Mali's ex-junta to meet Compaore

2012-04-30 08:03

West African bloc Ecowas mediator Blaise Compaore is set to meet a delegation dispatched by the former junta that had seized power in Mali, an official says.

Traore readies to take over in Mali

2012-04-12 09:02

An interim leader is set to take over from Mali's junta and head a transition government that must claw back control of half the country from the hands of Islamists and Tuareg rebels.

1.5m kids face Sahel hunger disaster

2012-03-16 22:11

Up to 1.5 million children under 5 living in Africa’s Sahel region risk severe malnutrition if famine warnings are ignored, the UN says.

Burkina Faso fires minister over beating

2012-02-24 20:44

Rights groups in Burkina Faso say they welcome the firing of the country's justice minister after his bodyguards beat up a mechanic.

Mali refugees causing regional strain

2012-02-12 20:15

Days ago, Bahi Ag Mohamed was living comfortably as a trader in Mali's capital. Now he is hungry and living in a small room with eight others in a remote border town of Mauritania.

Burkina Faso jails 3 over vulture voodoo

2012-01-20 10:06

A court in Burkina Faso has slapped prison sentences on two locals and a Nigerian woman arrested last month with 71 vultures and three vulture heads to be used in voodoo rites, an official says.

Burkina customs chief fired

2012-01-03 10:08

Burkina Faso’s president has fired the country’s customs chief after his detention over the seizure of about $3.8m in trunks carried by a relative, sources say.

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