by Mildred Europa Taylor, at 04:23 am, May 30, 2018, History An illustration of Bilal ibn Rabah calling Muslims to prayer — Rolling Out Bilal ibn Rabah was born in […]
Ramzy Baroud January 28, 2019 Forget the hype, Israel’s “security technology” has nothing to do with why some African countries are eager to normalize relations with Tel Aviv. What is […]
By Christoph Reuter spiegel.de AFP/ WELAYAT TARABLOS Analysts falsely believed Islamic State was too weak to carry out terror attacks abroad. But IS views terror as a means to an end — and will launch attacks as long as they continue to serve its broader strategy. “It was a […]
Mali’s Islamist conflict spreads as new militant group emerges By Reuters – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Malian Defence Minister Tieman Coulibaly (centre) surveys the damage after a hotel siege over the weekend in which 17 people died in Sevare, Mali in this August 11 file photo (Reuters photo) BAMAKO/SEVARE […]
December 30, 2013 Swissinfo.ch Erika Maier has upped sticks in Switzerland to run a hotel in Mali. Despite the outbreak of civil war and lack of tourists, she refuses to leave the country. Ironically, the conflict has now brought her guests in abundance. Four years ago, the 60-year-old from Schaffhausen […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch November 16, 2013 – 17:00 Two French journalists were murdered in Kidal, Mali, just as Switzerland’s new special envoy to the region was arriving to start […]
by Micah Roshan Reddy, Egypt Independent. Mungo Park, the famous 18th century Scottish explorer, had few good things to say about the Muslims he encountered on his journeys through the Sahara. He spoke of the Moors as “a people who study mischief as a science and exult in the miseries […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Sunday 24 February 2013 WASHINGTON: The United States has deployed several Predator drones to Niger to fly surveillance missions in support of French forces in Mali, a US defense official said Friday. The unarmed robotic aircraft are flying out of Niamey at a base with a […]
By HAMZA HENDAWI HUFFINGTON POST CAIRO — Egypt’s presidential spokesman says an end to Syrian crisis is a condition to restore relations with Iran and that his country supports the […]
For the Salafists, a Muslim shrine is a rival to God as surely as Henry VIII saw the monasteries as a Papal rival by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK “Then […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch Jan 30, 2013 – 11:00 Switzerland is trying to leverage its 35-year history in Mali, a priority country for Swiss development aid, to mediate between the […]
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist BUSINESS INSIDER Launched on Jan. 11, 2013, at the request of the Malian authorities and the United Nations to help the local army stop the advance […]
by PEPE ESCOBAR COUNTERPUNCH.ORG And the winner of the Oscar for Best Sequel of 2013 goes to… The Global War on Terror (GWOT), a Pentagon production. Abandon all hope those who thought the whole thing was over with the cinematographic snuffing out of “Geronimo”, aka Osama bin Laden, further reduced […]
by Serge Daniel Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary French-led troops ringed Mali’s fabled desert city of Timbuktu Monday after seizing its airport in a lightning advance as fleeing Islamists torched […]
by Matthew Allen, in Davos, swissinfo.ch Jan 24, 2013 – 07:38 The current fighting in Mali could spark conflicts in neighbouring countries, as refugees flooding across the borders heighten existing […]
Criticism has grown of France’s rush to war in Mali without clear international approval, Press TV reports. On January 11, France launched a war under the pretext of halting the advance of fighters in Mali. Some political analysts believe that Mali’s abandoned natural resources, including gold and uranium reserves, could […]
Fate of hostages unclear after reports that at least 30 were killed in military operation that ended a 36-hour standoff. SOURCE: ALJAZEERA At least 30 hostages and 11 members of […]
CONOR POPE, in Strasbourg IRISH TIMES The European Union is to priortise plans for a military training mission in Mali to help the government there combat Islamist rebels, the European Union’s head of foreign affairs Catherine Ashton said today. She was speaking at an emergency hearing at the European Parliament […]
AFP | Jan 14, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES BAMAKO — Islamist forces on Monday seized control of a town in a fresh attack in Mali’s government-held south and vowed to strike “at the heart” of France as it waged a fourth day of air strikes against them. A local government […]
Jan 11, 2013 – 03:05 By Alexandria Sage and Tiemoko Diallo PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – France would intervene to stop any further drive southward by Islamist rebels in Mali, President Francois […]