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PARIS/GAO, Mali (Reuters) – France said on Sunday a third French soldier had been killed in fierce fighting with Islamist rebels in northern Mali but could not confirm Chad's report that its troops had killed the al Qaeda commander behind January's mass hostage-taking in Algeria. A whirlwind seven-week campaign has driven al Qaeda-linked fighters who [...]
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France says third soldier killed in northern Mali fighting
Posted by admin on March 3rd, 2013
PARIS (Reuters) – A third French soldier was killed in northern Mali fighting Islamist rebels alongside African troops, the French government said on Sunday. France's defense ministry said that 26-year-old Corporal Cedric Charenton was killed late on Saturday in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains bordering the Algerian border. Chad's army said this week that it [...]
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No Comments »Chad says it killed Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali
Posted by admin on March 3rd, 2013
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday. The death of one of the world's most wanted jihadists would be a major blow to al Qaeda in the region and to [...]
Chad soldiers in Mali kill al Qaeda’s Belmokhtar: army
Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2013
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander behind a bloody mass hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant earlier this year, Chad's military said. His death would be a major blow to Islamist rebels in northern Mali who have been pushed into their mountain strongholds by French and [...]
Ten Chadian soldiers killed fighting Islamists in Mali
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
N'DJAMENA/GAO (Reuters) – Ten Chadian soldiers were killed in combat in northern Mali's mountainous border with Algeria where Islamist rebels regrouped after losing urban areas to a French-led offensive, Chad's army said on Sunday. The latest Chadian fatalities came in an area of the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains where 13 Chadian soldiers were killed in [...]
Chadians attack Islamists’ Mali mountain hideout
Posted by admin on February 23rd, 2013
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian troops attacked an Islamist base in northern Mali on Saturday in heavy fighting which France called part of the final campaign to drive al Qaeda from its mountain hideouts. Thirteen Chadian soldiers and 65 al Qaeda-linked rebels were killed on Friday in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains near the Algerian border, [...]
French general urges EU to equip “impoverished” Mali army
Posted by admin on February 20th, 2013
BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) – The European Union should complement a mission to train Mali's army, routed by rebels last year, by providing equipment from uniforms to vehicles and communications technology, a French general said on Wednesday. General Francois Lecointre, appointed to head the EU training mission to Mali (EUTM) that was formally launched this week, [...]
French soldier killed in Mali, 20 rebels dead
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2013
PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) – A French soldier and more than 20 Islamist rebels were killed during what appeared to be the first clashes in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountain range where militants have taken refuge in northern Mali, French officials said on Tuesday. Speaking on a visit to Athens, French President Francois Hollande said serious fighting [...]
U.S. could resume direct Mali military aid if elections successful
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2013
BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) – The United States is likely to eventually resume direct support for Mali's military, but only after full restoration of democracy through elections, the head of a visiting U.S. Congress delegation said on Monday. Senator Christopher Coons, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Africa, was leading the first American congressional [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 'successful', Could, direct, Elections, Mali, Military, resume, U.S. No Comments »U.S. targets finances of leader of al Qaeda in Mali
Posted by admin on February 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury Department said on Thursday it was freezing any assets the new leader of al Qaeda’s branch in Mali may have in the United States and prohibited Americans from doing business with him, taking steps aimed at starving the finances of his militant group. The sanctions targeted Yahya Abu Al-Hamman, leader [...]
