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Diplomats warn westerners in Libya face growing threat of violence
Diplomats are warning of growing Islamist violence against western targets in Libya as blowback from the war in Mali, following last week’sattack on the French embassy in Tripoli. The bomb blast that wrecked much of the embassy is seen as a reprisal by Libyan militants for the decision by Paris the day before…
Kerry meets French president Hollande to discuss Mali crisis, Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry met French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Mali on the third leg of a European tour so far dominated by the Syrian conflict. Kerry, who has hailed France’s “successful” mission in Mali, will also hold talks with…
Sen. Coons: U.S. will likely have more active military role in Mali
The United States is likely to play a more active military role in Mali, where French-led forces are battling Islamist rebels, after the country holds elections, the chair of a key Senate sub-committee said Monday. Washington has been providing intelligence, transport and mid-air refuelling to France, which launched its intervention…
Russia arming Mali, more Islamist attacks feared
Russia revealed it was supplying guns to Mali’s government, as French troops defused a massive bomb in the north of the country, the latest bid by Islamist rebels to strike back. The head of Russia’s arms export agency said it had delivered small amounts of light weapons for the West…
U.S. military plans to build drone base in North Africa: official
The US military plans to set up a base for drones in northwest Africa to bolster surveillance of Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in the region as well as allied Islamist extremists, a US official told AFP on Monday. The base for the robotic, unmanned aircraft would likely be located in Niger, on…
French military condemns soldier for wearing skull mask
The French army regards a photograph of one of its soldiers in Mali shown posing in a skeleton mask as “unacceptable” behaviour, a military spokesman said Monday. “This is unacceptable behaviour,” Colonel Thierry Burkhard told a press conference. The image, which has spread widely on the Internet, was “not representative…
State Dept. orders departure of Mali embassy dependents
The US State Department has ordered all family members of embassy employees to leave Mali, amid the country’s escalating conflict with Islamist militants who control the vast arid north. The order late Friday follows a tumultuous week in which gunmen across the border in Algeria staged a deadly raid on…
Anxiety mounts over deadly hostage raid in Algeria
Western governments voiced alarm over the fate of dozens of foreigners seized by Islamists at a gas plant in the Algerian desert after several hostages were killed in a dramatic rescue operation. The Algerian military assault left “several people” killed or wounded but freed a “large number” of hostages, according…
Canada warns against letting Mali go the way of Afghanistan
PARIS — Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on Thursday warned against letting the situation in Mali, sliced in two since a coup and partly controlled by Islamist radicals, go the way of Afghanistan. “Terrorism is the great struggle of our generation,” said Baird after holding talks with French counterpart Laurent…
First video evidence of Mali amputations
BAMAKO — The first video evidence of amputations carried out by Islamic extremists occupying northern Mali was on Friday obtained by AFP. The video secured by AFP from a Malian journalist in Bamako was shot by a local cameraman with the agreement of the jihadists, the day after the amputations…
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