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Liberia president to end Ebola state of emergency
Liberia's president said Thursday she is lifting a state of emergency imposed to control an Ebola outbreak that has ravaged the country, as Mali reported a fourth person now believed to have died of...
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Mali on high alert with new Ebola cluster
It all started with a sick nurse, whose positive test for Ebola came only after her death. In a busy clinic that treats Mali's elite as well as wounded U.N. peacekeepers, what patient transmitted the...
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Mali Ebola crisis deepens with doctor’s death
Mali's emerging Ebola crisis deepened Thursday as the government announced that a doctor had died from the disease, becoming the second health worker fatality linked to a single patient initially...
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Al-Qaida militants claim responsibility for attack in Mali
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for an attack in central Mali.
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At least 19 Malian elephants killed by poachers
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Motorcycle-riding poachers have killed at least 19 elephants over the past month, officials said Wednesday, marking a significant blow to a rare grouping that lives in a part of...
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Dutch ex-hostage heads home after rescue in Mali
A Dutch national who was held in captivity by Islamic militants for more than three years has left Mali and is headed back home. Sjaak Rijke was abducted from a hotel in northern Mali in November 2011.
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Extremist attack in southern Mali kills 2, raises fears
TUNIS, Tunisia — Authorities say dozens of Islamic militants on motorcycles have attacked a town in southern Mali near the border with Ivory Coast. A security official in the Sikasso region told The...
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Hostages held in Mali hotel after jihadist attack kills 8
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Jihadists stormed a hotel hosting United Nations staff in central Mali on Friday, seizing hostages and killing at least five Malian soldiers and a U.N. contractor in one of the most...
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Attack in central Mali sign of spreading extremist violence
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The first attack by Islamic extremists in a central Mali town, in which 10 people died, shows that jihadist aggressions are spreading in the country and hitting more directly at the...
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Suicide bombings at Chad market and refugee camp kill 38
Two groups of suicide bombers targeted a busy market and a refugee camp in Chad on Saturday, killing at least 38 people and wounding 51 in what appeared to be coordinated attacks, officials said.
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Radisson hotel in Mali attacked; 170 hostages taken
Men armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital and seized 170 hostages.
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Gunmen attack hotel in Mali’s capital, killing at least 20
Islamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Friday morning, taking more than 100 people hostage, authorities said.
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Well planned Mali attack took advantage of security lapses
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The heavily armed Islamic extremists who shot up a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital, killing 19 people, timed their assault for the moment when guards would be the most lax, allowing...
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Mali hotel attack aimed at peace talks, say separatists
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The assault on a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital that killed 19 people was a clear attempt to derail a fragile peace process meant to stabilize the country’s volatile north, a...
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Islamic extremists kill at least 15 Tuaregs in Mali’s north
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamic extremist in Mali’s north have killed at least 15 people in two attacks in the Kidal region near the border with Algeria, a jihadi group and resident said. Militants with...
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Swiss woman abducted for 2nd time in northern Mali
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Swiss woman who had been briefly abducted back in 2012 was kidnapped again by suspected jihadists who scaled the walls of her home in northern Mali in the middle of the night,...
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American among 28 killed in Burkina Faso hotel attack
Heavy gunfire erupted early Saturday as forces from Burkina Faso and France worked to overtake a luxury hotel that had been seized by al-Qaida militants the night before.
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Survivors recall narrow escape from Burkina Faso attack
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — As al-Qaida fighters attacked the cafe where he worked, Clement Djiguende was saved by chance: A jihadist who had been firing at patrons simply ran out of bullets. The...
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Burkina Faso capital security tightens after jihadi attack
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — In the wake of a weekend attack that killed at least 29 people, security was beefed up across Burkina Faso’s capital Monday as businesses and banks reopened. The West...
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AP Exclusive: Video footage shows Burkina Faso attackers
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Two jihadis can be seen on video standing next to burning cars a little more than an hour after an assault began on a hotel and cafe in Burkina Faso’s capital, raising...
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