Society | Politics
Malian Tuaregs seek refuge in Burkina Faso
afrol News, 9 June - Some 1,000 Malian Tuaregs that are fleeing the insecurity prevailing in northern Mali, have found refuge since the beginning of the year in neighbouring Burkina Faso, UN sources in Ouagadougou report. Several football stadiums in the Burkinabe capital are used as refugee camps as the conflict in northern Mali gets bloodier.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
New AU chief takes office
afrol News, 29 April - Dr. Jean Ping has officially replaced Alpha Oumar Konaré as the Chairman of the African Union Commission, the executive arm of the continental body. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Environment - Nature
Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land
afrol News, 28 April - On average each year, Sahelian countries lost 1.7 million hectares of arable land to desertification, environmental experts told journalists. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights | Society
Mali signs truce with rebels
afrol News, 4 April - Malian government and Taureg rebels loyal to Ibrahim Ag Bahanga on Thursday signed a truce aimed at ending conflict in northern Mali.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights
Taureg rebels free 22 hostages
afrol News, 11 March -
Northern Taureg rebel group led by Ibrahim Ag Bahanga in Mali at the weekend freed the remaining 22 hostages held since August last year, the governor of the northern Kidal capital said.
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Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
WA signals food insecurity
afrol News, 7 February - West Africa at the brink of facing food insecurity between now and the next harvest in October 2008, Food Early Warning Systems reported.
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Politics | Human rights | Society | Gender - Women | Health
MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem
afrol News / IRIN, 30 August - Two years ago, in the western Malian village of Korera-Kore, a 13-year-old girl was forced into marriage during her school summer holiday. She died after complications during sex on her wedding night. Read more
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Society | Politics
Mystery surrounds Malian opposition leader's death
afrol News, 14 August - The mysterious death of a Malian opposition leader of the Solidarité Africaine pour la Démocratie et l’Indépendance (SADI), Youssouf Dembélé, has thrown people into endless speculations, with opposition colleagues attributing it to political assassination.
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Society | Media
WAJA chief assaulted by police
afrol News, 22 June - Malian security demonstrated their true unfriendly media colours when they pounced on a group of journalists protesting against the imprisonment of their colleagues in the capital Bamako. The riot police mercilessly assaulted the President of the Malian and West African Journalists’ Associations, Ibrahim Famakan Coulibaly.
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Human rights | Media
Malian journalists troubled by presidential essay
afrol News, 21 June - Four Malian publishers have been troubled over the publication of a secondary school essay assignment given to a group of high students. The students were asked to write about a fictional president who refuses to recognise his child mistress, which according to Malian authorities, is tantamount to insulting the Head of State. Read more
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Health | Science - Education
Cheap meningitis vaccine developed in West Africa
afrol News, 9 June - Scientists operating in West Africa are optimistic about a new meningitis vaccine that "could signal an end to the disease in Africa." Tested on hundreds of children in Mali and The Gambia, the vaccine had so far proven effective and could be sold for as little as 40 US cents a dose, the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) holds.
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» 30.11.2006 - Senegal, Mali get 'Orange' telecom operator
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