Mali
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Mar- 2018 -23 MarchAfrica
Mali PM visits Kidal for first time since 2014, a day after 5 French soldiers injured in attack
Mali's Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga made a landmark visit to the restive northern town of Kidal on Friday, the first since 2014 by a head of government to to the area
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22 MarchAfrica
Estonia seeks mandate to send 50 troops to reinforce French-led Mali mission
Estonia's government said it would ask parliament for a mandate to send 50 troops to Mali for one year as part of France's Operation Barkhane mission
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19 MarchAfrica
Canada to deploy troops and helicopters to Mali as part of UN MINUSMA mission
Canada will deploy an infantry unit and military trainers along with attack and transport helicopters to Mali for 12 months in support of an ongoing UN peacekeeping mission
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Feb- 2018 -23 FebruaryAfrica
EU to double support for joint Sahel security force with €50 million contribution
The European Union is set to double its contribution to the G5 Sahel joint force, a multinational counter-terrorism force in West Africa's Sahel region.
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Jan- 2018 -27 JanuaryAfrica
14 Malian soldiers killed in attack on Soumpi camp
Fourteen soldiers were killed and 18 wounded on Saturday in an attack on their camp in Mali's restive north, the army said.
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11 JanuaryAfrica
Mali to deploy army patrols against al-Qaeda linked groups in restive center
Mali is to deploy army patrols in an effort to fight al-Qaeda-linked groups as government concerns grow over instability
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Nov- 2017 -8 NovemberAfrica
Al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali claims attacks as France pledges more aid for Sahel
An Al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali claimed responsibility for attacks on Malian and UN troops, while France pledged to increase aid to the Sahel by one third
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7 NovemberAfrica
Sahel anti-terror force faces logistical problems in first mission
The maiden mission of the G5 Sahel counterterrorism force experienced "logistical problems" but they are not "insurmountable"
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Oct- 2017 -4 OctoberEurope
Dutch defense minister resigns over deaths of Mali peacekeepers
Both the Dutch defence minister and the chief of its military resigned over the deaths of two soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali in 2016
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