Mali News

Anxiety has gripped Mali amid contrasting positions by the government and rebels in the north following clashes that have left scores dead.

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BAMAKO, Mali - The city of Kidal in the far north of Mali is on high alert after Tuareg rebels said Monday they have taken up strategic positions around the locality, setting the stage for the first aggression against a major city.

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Heavy weapons fire rang out in and around the northern Malian town of Kidal overnight, residents said on Saturday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of clashes.

Hundreds of Malians set up barricades and burned tyres in the streets of Bamako on Thursday, shutting down the capital in protests against the government's handling of a rebellion that has seized several northern towns.

The United States is deeply concerned by continuing incidents of violence in northern Mali.

Protesters surrounded the residence of Mali's president in angry protests over the government's handling of attacks by Tuareg rebels in the country's north.

Protestors are blocking the streets of Mali's capital and soldiers' families are demonstrating in a nearby town after recent clashes between the army and a Tuareg rebel group.

BAMAKO, Mali - Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali extended their reach Tuesday, attacking a sixth town in the country's remote north, a locality best known as the hometown of one of Africa's most famed musicians.

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Ghana's Black Stars and the Eagles of Mali will be meeting for the first time at the senior level at a major tournament when the two sides lock horns on Saturday in Franceville.

A local official in Mali confirmed that Tuareg fighters had opened a fifth front, attacking a town in the center of the country only hours after attacking one in the remote east.