Mali: What does the future hold?
Troops from Mali, France and other African nations have captured the cities of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu in Mali's arid Northeast.
Mali and chickens
The vision that Conrad's character Marlow describes is of a French frigate firing broadsides into a vast African jungle, in essence, bombarding a continent.
France bombs Mali, complicates mess long in making
French military units, including aviation and infantry, have attacked Islamist rebels in Mali since last week.
Mali stalemate is dangerous dilemma for Africa
The probability of outside military intervention in the West African country of Mali has increased sharply.
Extremism, foreign intervention dangers increase in Mali
The political situation in the West African country of Mali has taken a significant turn for the worse.
Radical Islamists push agenda in Mali
The West African country of Mali continues to be a source of worry, as radical Islamist rebels try to consolidate their hold on the North.
As rebels seize half of Mali, the whole Sahel region is destabilized
Tuareg separatist rebels and their shaky Islamist allies seized more than half of Mali, setting alarm bells ringing in all of West Africa and beyond.
What's behind the coup in Mali?
On March 22, soldiers of the Republic of Mali in West Africa, led by junior officers, carried out a coup d'état against the elected president, Amadou Toumani Touré.
World Notes: Venezuela, Somalia, Fiji and more
Sanctions on Iran hit Venezuela; labor rights under siege in Iraq, Fiji and Turkey; humanitarian crisis in Somalia; and Cuba at the UN.
