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Mali Islamists bulldoze independence monument in Timbuktu

Radical Islamists controlling northern Mali on Saturday took a bulldozer to an independence monument in Timbuktu, where they have destroyed several world heritage treasures in recent months, witnesses said. “At the moment I can see eight Islamists with a bulldozer. They are busy destroying Timbuktu’s independence monument,” one witness told…

Mali Islamists stoned unmarried couple to death

Islamists occupying the northern Mali town of Aguelhok stoned an unmarried couple to death in front of about 200 people on Sunday, two local government officials said. “I was there. The Islamists took the unmarried couple to the centre of Aguelhok. The couple was placed in two holes and the…