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MALI
Mali, which lost half its territory last year to rebels, has signed an accord with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's northernmost province.
Mali and Tuareg rebels controlling the northern city of Kidal have signed a peace accord.
French soldiers have uncovered a workshop for producing explosives in northern Mali.
International mediators have failed to convince Mali's president to sign a deal with northern Tuareg rebels that would pave the way for nationwide polls next month.
The lead mediator in Mali peace talks has left the Ouagadougou venue to present a compromise deal to Malian President Dioncounda Traore in Bamako, a member of his delegation says.
Mali's rebel Tuaregs say they are ready to sign a deal that would pave the way for Bamako to hold nationwide polls next month.
A manual left behind in Mali suggests that al-Qaeda are training to use a feared surface-to-air missile.
The UN is preparing to deploy a new peacekeeping force in Mali as scheduled although the security situation in the north remains "complex and volatile".
Malian soldiers have clashed with Tuareg separatists from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad near the rebel-held regional capital of Kidal, military sources say.
Malian authorities are insisting on a military presence in the troubled northern city of Kidal before the country can hold presidential elections.
Black residents of the tense northern Malian city of Kidal say that the rebels from the lighter-skinned Tuareg ethnic group are planning to expel the city’s dark-skinned inhabitants.
With its weak government, porous borders and proliferation of weapons, Libya has been accused of destabilising its southern neighbours.
The UN is struggling to get African troops in Mali up to the United Nations standards to join a full-fledged force, an official says.
A French soldier was lightly wounded when an unidentified gunman opened fire on a French military patrol in the troubled Malian city of Kidal.
Mali will hold a presidential election on July 28, according to a draft law adopted by the cabinet as the nation struggles to move on from war and an 18-month political crisis.
