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Mali Islamists vow to strike ‘at heart’ of France
Islamist forces based in northern Mali vowed Monday to avenge France’s fierce military offensive against them on French soil. “France has attacked Islam. We will strike at the heart of France,” said a leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), an offshoot of Al Qaeda…
Mali Islamist rebels alleged to recruit children as soldiers, sex slaves
BAMAKO — Hundreds of children have been forced into the ranks of armed groups in northern Mali, some serving as soldiers and others used as sex slaves, rights campaigners told reporters Sunday. “We have several hundred children aged between nine and 17 years old within the ranks of the armed…
Mali children raped, maimed, recruited by armed groups
The United Nations Childrens’ Fund said Friday that armed groups occupying northern Mali were recruiting children, while others had been raped and killed by explosive devices. UNICEF said in a statement that evidence collected since the end of March, when Islamists and other armed groups seized the northern half of…
Mali Islamists destroying ‘more Timbuktu shrines’
BAMAKO — Islamist rebels in northern Mali took hoes and chisels to the tombs of ancient Muslim saints in the city of Timbuktu for a second day, ignoring international pleas to halt their campaign of destruction. After smashing three ancient tombs on Saturday, the Islamist militants who consider the World…
Mali’s Islamist rebels threaten to ‘punish’ any attempt at foreign intervention
BAMAKO — An Islamist militant group in lawless northern Mali, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), Friday threatened countries who would join a military intervention force. Mali has been gripped by chaos since disgruntled troops swarmed the capital Bamako in the south in March and ousted…
ICC fears Gaddafi’s son will flee from justice
TRIPOLI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court said Saturday that Libya’s Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact via intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation. U.S. military and government representatives held security talks in neighboring Niger…
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