http://www.news24.com/Tags/People/dioncounda traore Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Fri, 24 May 2013 02:21:13 +0200 Tuareg separatist rebels who held a chuck of Mali’s vast north and still occupy the key town of Kidal are ready for talks to end the west African country’s crisis, President Dioncounda Traore says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Tuareg-rebels-ready-for-talks-Traore-20130517-2 France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler has begun a tour of Mali with a visit to Gao, one of several northern cities liberated by a French-led military operation against an Islamist occupation. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Frances-first-lady-visits-Malis-Gao-20130516 Mali's president, on a visit to Belgium, says the presidential election will take place in July. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Date-set-for-Mali-presidential-election-20130514