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By Phuong Tran Dakar 31 August 2007 Deadly ambushes this week in Mali's northern desert region have left about a dozen dead and more than 30 government soldiers in captivity. Malian officials suspect Tuareg nomads and link the attacks to the seven-mo
By Phuong Tran Dakar 22 October 2007 In Mali, the government continues to build up its troops in the northeast, the scene of recent fighting and hostage-taking. A rebel leader says he will not release hostages until government soldiers pull out. Phuo
By Phuong Tran Dakar 23 August 2007 Recent rebel violence from a nomadic tribe in northern Niger may escalate into civil war according to analysts, who are concerned the revolt may affect neighboring countries in the West African Saharan region. Phuo
IN THE NEWS - Mali Coup Shows Tensions Over Tuareg Fighters Back From Libya 新闻报道 - 马里政变显示出利比亚归来的图阿雷格武装分子引发的紧张局势 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语
By Nico Colombant Dakar 27 March 2008 Mali's government is again trying to open a dialogue with rebels from the north of its vast country, where violence, cross-border hostage takings and the number of radical groups are escalating. Human rights acti
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 27 September 2007 Army troops in Mali have retaken an area in the northeast of the country that was controlled by rebel Tuareg fighters. The largely nomadic, Berber Tuareg have carried out a series of raids in the isolated des
By Franz Wild Abidjan 23 May 2006 Suspected Tuareg rebels are reported to have occupied a town in the northeast of Mali. They are believed to be led by a high-ranking deserter from the Malian army. --
Music Diva Kiran Ahluwalia Offers Global Common Ground The India-born Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia is known for her ability to combine a wide range of styles in single compositions - from the Indian and Pakistani ghazals of her girlhood, to Celtic
By Phuong Tran Dakar 03 October 2007 In Niger, rebels and government officials continue to trade accusations about an attack earlier this week that killed about a dozen people. Army officers say they killed rebel fighters, while human rights activist
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 September 2007 Military leaders in Mali say the national army is ready to retaliate after Tuareg rebels carried out a deadly ambush on Sunday. Government officials say the rebels are fighting to take control of the region's
By Phuong Tran Dakar 12 October 2007 In Niger, police continue to detain journalist Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, who ran the only newspaper in a region where there is an on-going rebellion against the government. Phuong Tran has more from VOA's West Africa
Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure has officially resigned weeks after being toppled in a military coup that came just months before his term was to end. A mediator for ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, said he received Mr. To
By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 September 2007 A U.S. military plane that was shot at earlier this week by suspected rebels in Mali's northeastern desert is scheduled to leave the country on Saturday. U.S. military officials are undeterred by the shooting, s
By Phuong Tran Northern Niger 27 February 2008 For centuries, routes through the Sahara Desert have been used to transport goods. In recent years,4x4 convoys of cocaine and hashish have joined caravans bearing salt, cigarettes and fuel. VOA reporter
By Phuong Tran Air Mountains, Niger 09 April 2008 In West Africa, ethnic nomad Tuareg rebels last year launched attacks in Niger's Saharan north, demanding more money and power for their desert communities. More than half the country is under a state
By Carolyn Turner Washington, D.C. 19 February 2008 In Washington, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art recently exhibited art of the nomadic Tuareg peoples of West Africa. VOA's Carolyn Turner has more.
Ethnic Tuareg rebels in Mali have released a group of government soldiers that they were holding hostage. The rebels say the move comes as a demonstration of good faith following talks with the government last month. Brent Latham reports from our We
By Kari Barber Dakar 05 November 2007 Two Mali Tuareg leaders are to meet Monday in Algiers in an effort to revive a peace process between rebels and the Malian government. Tuareg, nomadic Berbers, have been fighting the government, they say for more
By Phuong Tran Dakar 21 August 2007 A rebel spokesman in the West African country of Niger is threatening more attacks unless the government deals with them. He was speaking Tuesday, one day after four policemen were killed and three seriously injure
The United States is calling for the restoration of civilian authority in Mali, after soldiers on Thursday announced they have taken power in a coup d'tat. U.S. officials are reconsidering non-humanitarian assistance to Mali, following the takeover.