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Something Bigger Than Myself

Tina Charles | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Connecticut Sun, Tina Charles, Basketball, Wnba, Connecticut, Women's Basketball, Buildon, Charity, Africa, Omnipeace, Charity Work, U.S. Olympic Basketball, 2012 Olympics, Mali, Sports News

2012-05-29-Screenshot20120529at4.50.09PM.jpg As professional athletes, we can easily take for granted what just a little bit of giving back can do in this world.

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Attacked Interim President Flees To France

AP | MARTIN VOGL | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Mali, Mali President Attacked, Dioncunda Traore, Mali President Beating, Mali President, Video, Mali President France, Dioncounda Traore Attacked, Diancounda Traore, Mali Coup, Mali Junta, Dioncounda Traore, Dioncounda-Traore-France, World News

BAMAKO, Mali -- Mali's interim president, who was beaten by a mob of demonstrators who broke into his office this week, has left the country to seek m...

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Protesters Rush President's Office, Attack Interim Leader

AP | MARTIN VOGL and BABA AHMED | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Mali, Video, Malian Revolution, Mali President Injured, Diancounda Traore Mali, Diancounda Traore, Mali Interim President, Mali Coup, Mali Revolution, Mali Junta, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — Demonstrators forced their way into the office of Mali's interim president on Monday and attacked the elderly leader, who was lat...

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Africa and the Great Recession: Changing Times

Antoinette Sayeh | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Mali, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Investment, Zimbabwe, Africa, Jobs, Imf, Europe, China, Emerging Markets, African Economy, Great Recession, Business News

In previous global downturns, sub-Saharan Africa has usually been badly affected -- but not this time around. But in sub-Saharan Africa, growth for the region as a whole has remained reasonably strong.

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Mali's Struggle: Not Simply of Their Own Making

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Africa, Tuareg, Mali, Failed State, Libya, Nonviolent Action, Democracy, Coup, Mali Coup, Amadou Sanogo, World News

Despite formally handing over power on April 12, however, the junta continued to arrest opponents and still wields considerable influence. Scattered fighting between rival armed forces erupted in the capital last week.

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Junta Arrests Hundreds

AP | MARTIN VOGL | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Mali, Mali Soldiers, Mali Military, Bamako, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Mali Red Beretes, Mali Military Coup, Mali Coup, Mali Junta, Video, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali's military junta said it has arrested about 240 people allegedly associated with an attempted coup earlier this week, and th...

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Targeting Timbuktu

Paul Stoller | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: African History, Islam, Timbuktu, World Civilization), Tuaregs, Mali, Cultural Heritage, Africa, Unesco, Joseph Kony, Cultural Property, Songhay, Impact News

Military occupation is not only bad news for the people who live in Timbuktu, but also for its world-renowned centers of learning that house precious manuscripts, some of which date to the 13th century.

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Birthing Justice: The Link to Humanity -- Gift Economies

Beverly Bell | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Mali, Women's Rights, Women, Solidarity Economy, Care Economy, Social Movements, Gender, Gift Economy, African Women, Africa, West Africa, World News

West African gifting is based on the interrelated values that all humanity is linked and that one's well-being is only as strong as that of one's neighbor. Proﬁt and exchange are trumped by a commitment to care for community.

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Upheaval in West Africa: Could Nigeria Be Next?

Daniel Wagner | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Sectarianism, Mali, Ibrahim Babangida, Boko Haram, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, West Africa, Gusau, World News

Preventing BH from exploiting sectarian tension is therefore paramount, but shoring up the support of northern political figures while driving through a reformist agenda will be no easy task.

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Leading Relief Groups Warn of Worsening Food Crisis in West and Central Africa

Louis Belanger | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Sahel Food Crisis, Action Against Hunger, Sahel Crisis, World Vision, Mauritania, Mali, Oxfam, Save the Children, Niger, Video, Acf, World News

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Mali: the Catastrophic Consequence of Humanitarian Intervention in Libya

Jean G. Tompihé | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Libya Arms, Gaddafi, Mali, Libya, Mali Coup, North Mali, Libya Intervention, World News

On April 6, 2012, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, led by Tuareg rebels, declared the independence of North Mali. This declaration of independence is directly linked to the false promise of humanitarian intervention in Libya.

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Up in Arms

Kaz Komolafe | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Politics, Azawad, Tuareg, Mali, Africa, National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, African Politics, College News

Long live Africa's newest state. After three weeks of fraught interactions between nomadic pastoralists, the Tuareg, and Malian government, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad has declared independence from the rest of Mali.

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What We Can Learn From Africa's Response to Mali

Richard Attias | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Ecowas, Ivory Coast, Coup, Mali, Dr. Jean Ping, Alassane Ouattara, Al Qaeda, Mali Coup, World News

Leadership is back in Africa. Perhaps for the first time in the continent's history, an official body, the economic community of west African states has succeeded in ending a coup in a nearby nation. That's something to celebrate.

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Coup Fears In Guinea-Bissau

AP | LAMINE DJATA and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Mali, Guinea Bissau Coup, Guinea Bissau, Guina Bissau Military, Africa Coup, Bissau, Coup, World News

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Explosions blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military seal...

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Turn Towards Africa

Seth Engel | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Mali, Women's Rights, Joyce Banda, Malawi, President Obama, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Foreign Policy, World News

Regardless of their short-term results, the dynamics of the seemingly dangerous democratization in the Middle East and Northern Africa contrast sharply with occurrences in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Gorgeous Malian Vintage Photography

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Photography, Mali, Video, Malian Culture, Malick Sidibe, Agnes B. Gallerie Boutique, Fashion and Film, Slidepollajax, Agnes B., Black-and-White Photography, Arts News

When you think of Mali, chances are images of separatist uprisings and coups d'état come to mind. The prolific photographer Malick Sidibe is changing...

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Mali's President Resigns

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI AND MARTIN VOGL | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Amadou Toumani Toure, Mali, Mali President, Mali-President-Amadou-Toumani-Toure, Mali Revolt, Mali Coup D'État, Mali Coup, Mali Revolution, Video, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — From one of the hiding places where he has been holed up since last month's coup, Mali's president penned a resignation letter an...

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Tuareg Rebels Declare Independence

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Mali, Video, Mali Independence, Mali Tuareg Independence, Tuareg, Tuareg Independence, Mali News, Mali Coup, Tuareg Coup, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month...

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One Million Children At Risk Of Starvation

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Africa Hunger, Global Health, Mauritania, Mali, Africa Drought, Child Malnutrition, Sahel Food Crisis, Sahel Hunger, Video, Africa Malnutrition, Africa, Senegal, Sahel Drought, Niger, Sahel, World News

1 million children are at risk of dying of malnutrition in Africa's Sahel region, a 1000-kilometer belt between the Sahara and the Sudanian Savannas, ...

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Malian Rebels Declare Cease-Fire After Push

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Timbuktu, Nmla, Azawad, Bamako, Mali Rebels, Kidal, Mali Cease-Fire, Mali, Bamako Mali, Mali Coup, Mali Revolution, Gao, Mali Ceasefire, National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, Video, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — The rebel group that recently seized control of Mali's remote north in a maneuver that effectively partitioned the country in two...

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The Need to Protect Democracy in Mali

Morton H. Halperin | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Sanctions, International Community, World Politics, Mali Coup D'État, West Africa, Democracy, Mali-Tuareg-Rebellion, Ecowas, Mali, Mali Rebellion, Mali Coup, World News

The international community must do everything in its power to reverse the coup d'état in Mali for the sake of the Malian people, for the future of democracy in West Africa and to strengthen the global norm against recognizing governments arising from military coups against democratic regimes.

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Radical Imams Expelled

AP | SARAH DiLORENZO | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mali, France Muslims, France Toulouse, Toulouse, France, France Expels Imams, Mohammed Merah, France Islam, France Mali, France Imams, World News

PARIS — An Algerian lawyer said Monday that she has evidence the young man accused of killing seven people in attacks on French soldiers and a J...

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Ominous Black Flag Reportedly Flies Over Timbuktu

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mali, Timbuktu, Video, Mali Rebellion, Mali Rebellion Islamists, Mali Clashes, Mali Coup, Timbuktu Flag, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — Just 12 days after they stormed the presidential palace, the young officers that seized control of Mali in a coup were slapped Mo...

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Mali Coup Leader Reinstates Constitution, Promises Free Elections

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and MARTIN VOGL | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Mali Coup Leader, Mali, Video, Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, Mali Constitution, Mali Free Elections, Amadou Haya Sanogo, Mali Coup, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — The junior officer who overthrew Mali's democratically elected leader earlier this month and dissolved the nation's constitution ...

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SPECTACULAR 'OWN-GOAL': Rebels Strike Northern Garrison After Coup

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Mali, Mali Coup, Video, Mali Rebels, Mali Rebels Assault, Reuters, World News

By Cheick Dioura and Adama Diarra GAO/BAMAKO, March 31 (Reuters) - Rebels in pick-up trucks loaded with heavy arms attacked the northe...

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