http://www.news24.com/Tags/Places/mali Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:49 +0200 A double suicide attack in Niger on Thursday left more than 20 people dead, mostly soldiers. Some fear this could mean conflict is spreading from neighboring Mali. Watch a video about the situation. http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/Africa/Niger-attacks-fuel-fears-Mali-conflict-could-spread-20130524 A UN official says China has offered to contribute troops to a new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/China-offers-peacekeepers-for-Mali-20130523 Islamist militants have staged brazen twin car bomb attacks on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger, killing at least 19 people and taking trainee army officers hostage. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/19-dead-hostages-taken-in-Niger-attacks-20130523 The EU has approved a mission to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country’s frontier. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Security-EU-to-help-Libya-20130522 China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the UN force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to the UN peacekeeping, diplomats say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/China-offers-500-troops-to-UN-Mali-force-20130523-2 The UN says it is working to contain a cholera outbreak in Niger in a refugee camp for people fleeing the conflict in Mali. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Niger-refugee-camp-hit-by-cholera-20130521 The foreign affairs minister of Burkina Faso says talks will soon resume with a Tuareg rebel group whose influence has been growing in northern Mali. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Talks-to-resume-with-Mali-Tuaregs-20130520 France will buy two medium-altitude Reaper drones from the United States air force to back up its operations against Islamists in Mali, a report says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/France-to-buy-drones-for-Mali-report-20130517 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 Relatives say Mohamed Ould Ali, an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross, has been arrested in Mali's capital. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Son-of-disappeared-Arab-in-Mali-held-20130517 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 US military instructors in Niger will train African forces participating in a UN-backed offensive against al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in neighbouring Mali, military officers say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/US-to-train-African-troops-for-Mali-in-Niger-20130516-3 France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler has arrived in Mali for a tour of the war-torn nation described as "part of a mission for children and women". http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Frances-first-lady-arrives-in-Mali-20130516 Nations and groups from around the world are meeting to counter a global threat: They want to help convert the West African country of Mali turn into a viable state rather than a haven for terrorists. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Donors-target-4bn-for-Mali-democracy-20130515 Mali is aiming to raise €2bn at an international donor conference to fund its recovery after Islamist militants marched on Bamako this year, prompting a French military intervention. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Mali-seeks-to-raise-2bn-at-donor-conference-20130515 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 The European Union is pledging $674.8m over the next two years to help recreate the west African country of Mali as a functioning state. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/EU-pledges-675bn-to-Mali-20130514 A French Islamist arrested in northern Mali has arrived in Paris and has been handed over to the DCRI intelligence agency for questioning, a security source says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/French-Islamist-held-in-Mali-arrives-in-Paris-20130514 The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation is urging its member states to make generous contributions at a donors' conference on Mali to be held this week in Brussels. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Pan-Muslim-body-urges-aid-for-Mali-20130513 Some 700 Chadian soldiers have returned home to a heroes' welcome after a bloody campaign fighting Islamic insurgents in northern Mali. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Chad-troops-return-from-Mali-20130513