Bamako, Mali News

GENEVA/BAMAKO, 31 December 2009 - Swiss researchers are introducing in Mali a technology to analyse medicines for substandard ingredients more rapidly and cheaply than current methods allow.

Bamako, Mali - A Spaniard who is one of six hostages believed to be held by the North African branch of Al-Qaeda is unwell, a diplomatic source said in Mali on Tuesday.

Sikasso is one of Mali's most fertile regions but malnutrition is a leading cause of under-five deaths in the region, according to health officials.

The number of migrants being deported and returned to Mali is increasing. Civil society has mobilised to support the returnees.

BAMAKO: Malian authorities are making progress in negotiations with Al Qaeda gunmen holding three Spaniards and a Frenchman hostage, a source close to the talks said yesterday.

December 26, 2009 -- The Malian government on Friday launched construction works to build a new 241 hectare- high-tech industrial zone for industrial and commercial development in the suburbs of Segou, a town located at 240 km north-east of Bamako.

Bamako, Dec 17 According to humanitarian organizations 400 thousand African chidren are born every year with Acquired Inmune Deficiency Syndrome .

Madrid - Spain has granted asylum to an African albino for the first time after a 22-year-old Malian claimed he was persecuted by witchdoctor kidnappers in his home country, reports said on Tuesday.

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MOPTI, 18 December 2009 - Even the most altruistic, engaged community health worker is likely to quit when he or she finds a paid job, according to the Malian federation of community health associations.

BAMAKO, 17 December 2009 - Mali had some 30 million chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and turkeys in 2005, but not enough protein-rich poultry products are consumed locally, according to the government and nutritionists.

FBI agents investigating two Chicago men said to be involved in planning the Mumbai attacks recently flew to India to share intelligence with security officials.

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The Malian Health ministry on Wednesday installed two ther mal infrared cameras at the arrival hall of the Bamako international airport to d etect people with the A H1N1 flu.

The U.S. Embassy in Bamako issued a warning urging Americans a oein the very strongest termsa to avoid travel to the regions of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu, and if present, to a oeleave immediatelya because of the critical risk of kidnapping.

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Bamako - Authorities in Mali arrested three people for dismantling the wreck of a plane thought to have been used to smuggle cocaine from Venezuela, a Malian source close to the inquiry said on Sunday.

A military aircraft carrying U.S. Africa Command personnel was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday in Mali, causing non-life-threatening injuries to the nine people aboard the cargo plane, AFRICOM reported Friday.

A US aircraft that was in trouble had made a "difficult landing" in Mali, causing slight injuries among some people aboard, the US embassy in the west African country said on Friday.