France welcomes UN appointment to oversee Mali operations

11:31am BST By KOULIKORO, Mali (Reuters) - Under a blazing sun and the critical gaze of British and Irish instructors, a line of 11 Malian soldiers lie prone in the dust firing AK-47 rounds at targets, one-by-one. "One out of 10 - not very good," ...

Two international development banks pledged finance of up to US$ 665 million to Mali during an international conference for the reconstruction of Mali hosted by France and the EU, which took place in Brussels on 15th May, 2013. The African ...

While the world remains focused on ending Mali's conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children's ...

International donors pledged last week to mobilize 3.25 billion euros to rebuild Mali. The figure surpassed all expectations and experts warn that the country lacks the absorption capacity for so much aid. Others say donors should pressure the ...

In the mid 90s Jagdish Mali (fondly called Jaggi by his friends)was one of the most sought after photographers in the city. He had set up his independent studio, after having worked with CineBlitz magazine. His studio was located in Aram Nagar 2, ...

TIMBUKTU: A senior Mali army officer accused France yesterday of picking favourites among the country's warring militias after its troops attacked Arab rebels who had captured a village from armed Tuaregs. The intervention came on Friday after the ...

WASHINGTON — France's defense minister on Friday defended his government's new security strategy and its mission in Mali, and called for a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war. In a wide-ranging speech during a visit here, French Defense ...

Syed Masoom Ali stood in a clearing on the outskirts of Bamako, the capital of Mali, gestured towards the low-slung hills around him, and thought of home. It is a good deposit, the ore is close to the surface, he said, but of course, it was not like home.

France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler said at the end of a 48-hour tour of war-torn Mali on Friday that the experience had brought up "huge" feelings in her.President Francois Hollande's partner, in the former French colony as "part of a mission ...