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U.N. Official Sees Desperation, Hunger and Fear on Visit to Mali

By Rick Gladstone
26th February 2013
A top United Nations relief official who just returned from a trip to northern Mali said Tuesday that desperation, hunger and fear had pervaded the region in the year since Islamist militant extremists seized control, and that only $17 million of the organization’s appeal for $373 million in emergency aid had been donated so far. The official, John Ging, the operations director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said some conditions had begun to improve in northern Mali since a French-led military operation began last month in an effort to expunge the militants from cities like Gao and Timbuktu. But Mr. Ging said that during his four-day trip to the northern part of Mali, an area twice the size of Germany, he had heard harrowing tales of rapes, amputations and brutalities committed against children. ( Read more) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Nearly 100 Rebels Are Reported Killed in Mali Battle

By Scott Seyare, The New York Times
24 February 2013
PARIS — Nearly 100 Islamist fighters were killed in a firefight last week in the rugged northern reaches of Mali, the Chadian military announced on Sunday, in what appears to have been the single most deadly ground battle since the Malian war began in mid-January. (Read more) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

AP Interview: Mali investigating accusations that its soldiers are committing atrocities

By The associated Press
19 February 2013
PARIS — Malian authorities are investigating claims of torture, killings and reprisals by its own soldiers against minority civilians suspected of links to Islamist militants — accusations that threaten to jeopardize international support for fighting terrorism in the Sahara. (Read more) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Left behind in a house in Timbuktu, al-Qaida’s manifesto, outlining strategic vision for Mali.

By Baba Ahmed with The associated Press
14 February 2013
TIMBUKTU, Mali — In their hurry to flee last month, al-Qaida fighters left behind a crucial document: Tucked under a pile of papers and trash is a confidential letter, spelling out the terror network’s strategy for conquering northern Mali and reflecting internal discord over how to rule the region. (Read more)
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