Mali's Fight With Militants Is Far From Over -- The Guardian
The rebel groups that were driven out of northern Mali by French-led troops in January are once again on the rise.
Sitting in front of her house on a quiet street in Gao, Bintou Yatarra, 28, pokes a feathered bird in a pot of hot water. Beside it, two small fowl have been skinned, their wings and feet neatly tied together with string. Yatarra, heavily pregnant with a white T-shirt stretched over her belly and red cloth wrapped at her waist, is preparing for Tabaski – the local name for Eid al-adha.
But Yatarra says she is not in the mood for celebrating. Only a metre away from where she is sitting, a crater – now piling up with litter – marks the spot where a rocket landed last week. One person was injured and Yatarra was taken to hospital suffering from shock. The walls of her house are now scarred with jagged gashes; inside there is a hole in the ceiling.
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More News On The Growing Unrest In Mali
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UN says more troops needed to stabilize Mali -- Deutsche Welle
UN needs more troops in Mali -- AFP
France to keep 2,000 troops in Mali until end of year -- Global Post/AFP
Mali fights rebels in north as army officers protest in south -- Defence Web
UN: Recent Security Incidents in Mali ‘Wake-up Call’ -- Voice of America
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