Mali Hotel Terror Attack -- News Updates November 22, 2015

The Guardian: Mali hotel attack: president vows ‘no surrender’ as manhunt for killers launches

Survivors tell of panic while terrorists searched rooms during the second deadly assault on country’s capital in a year.

Mali’s president has described his country as the latest front in a global struggle against extremism, as he declared three days of national mourning for 20 people killed in a hotel siege.

“Terrorism will not win,” said Ibrahim Boubacar Keita during a visit to the Radisson Blu hotel, where gunmen mowed down guests in the lobby then went after more victims. “Mali will not shut down because of this attack. Paris and New York were not shut down, and Mali won’t be.”

France, which already has troops in the country, pledged more support. “Once again, terrorists want to make their barbaric presence felt everywhere, where they can kill, where they can massacre. So we should once again show our solidarity with our ally, Mali,” said French president François Hollande, after his country’s special forces helped end the siege.

Mali Hotel Terror Attack -- News Updates November 22, 2015

The Latest: Mali gunmen armed with assault rifles, explosives, army commander says -- AP
Mali attack probe deepens as siege hotel yields clues -- AFP
Mali’s president declares state of emergency after deadly hotel attack -- Washington Post
Caught on camera: Terrifying moment guests ran for their lives inside Mali hotel where terrorists massacred 19 people -- Daily Mail
Mali hotel attack: Gunmen barged in, shot at 'anything that moved' -- CNN
9 Foreigners Killed in Mali Are Identified -- NYT
Mali Mourns After Hotel Attack -- The Atlantic
Mali Hotel Attack Aimed at Peace Talks, Say Separatists -- AP
Hotel Attack in Mali Reverses Gains in Fight Against Extremism -- NYT
What the Mali Attack Means -- Joe Penny, NYT
Five things you should know about Friday’s terrorist attack in Mali -- Susanna D. Wing, Washington Post
Why does Mali have a terror problem? -- Maggie Fick, Financial Times
Mali hotel attack: The unanswered questions -- BBC