Thursday, February 7, 2013

War In Mali -- News Updates February 7, 2013



As Mali Fighting Persists, France Vows to Exit in Weeks -- New York Times

PARIS — Amid reports of continued skirmishes with Islamist extremists driven out of the main settlements of northern Mali, France renewed a promise on Wednesday that its soldiers would begin returning home within weeks, handing over authority to West African and Malian units charged with keeping the vast desert area under government control.

But French officials acknowledged that, despite their claimed military successes so far, new hostilities had erupted on Tuesday near the northern town of Gao between what were depicted as remnants of the insurgents and French and Malian forces, possibly foreshadowing a new phase in the conflict.

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More News On The Conflict In Mali

Mali: French troops begin withdrawal from Timbuktu -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
French troops attempting to secure Mali's Gao -- Al Jazeera
Mali: French troops hunting extremists in Gao -- AP
French Defense Minister: France in 'Real War' Against Mali Extremists
-- Voice of America
French battle Mali Islamists as Tuareg problem looms -- Reuters
France Starts Talks on UN Peacekeepers for Mali -- ABC/AP
Mali: France seeks UN peacekeeping role -- BBC
UN peacekeeping mission in Mali increasingly possible, says top official -- UN News Centre
U.N. weighs peacekeepers for Mali -- UPI
UN Considering Peacekeeping Force for Mali -- Voice of America
Access improving in Mali but the Sahel still at risk for food insecurity – UN relief official -- UN News Centre
The Promise and Peril of a UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali -- Mark Leon Goldberg, UN Dispatch
U.S. troops in Mali unlikely, experts say -- Navy Times
French stay in Mali may drag out
-- Yekaterina Kudashkina, Voice of Russia

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