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8-year-old boy from Mali travels 3,500 miles alone through Sahara desert before ending up in jail trying to cross Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe

8-year-old boy from Mali travels 3,500 miles alone through Sahara desert before ending up in jail trying to cross Mediterranean Sea to�get�to�Europe

An eight-year-old boy traveled 3,500 miles from Mali to Italy in search of a school after a jihadist group attacked his hometown.     According to Mail Online, Oumar decided he had to leave his tiny village near Tambaga in the west of Mali after the attack on his hometown four months …

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Last UN peacekeepers poised for complete withdrawal from Mali

Last UN peacekeepers poised for complete withdrawal from Mali

The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was deployed to Mali in 2013 following a violent insurrection by separatist rebels attempting to take control of the north of the country and a subsequent military-led coup. Established by UN Security Councilresolution 2100, the mission included more than 15,000 troops …

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64 killed in attacks as militants attack passenger boat and military base in Mali

64 killed in attacks as militants attack passenger boat and military base in Mali

Two attacks by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants in Mali on Thursday September 7, killed 64 people including dozens of civilians, the country’s transitional government has revealed .   The attacks on Thursday, targeted a passenger boat on the Niger River near Timbuktu and an army base in Bamba, in the northern …

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Burkina Faso, Mali deploy warplanes to Niger Republic after ECOWAS threat

Burkina Faso, Mali deploy warplanes to Niger Republic after ECOWAS threat

Burkina Faso and Mali have reportedly deployed warplanes to the Niger Republic following the Economic Community of West Africa’s possible armed intervention to restore democracy in the West African country.   Niger’s state television reported joint efforts by Mali and Burkina Faso in support of Niger and the deployment of …

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