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UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova Voices Alarm Over the Safety of Invaluable Cultural Heritage in Timbukto
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has voiced alarm over the safety of Timbuktu’s invaluable cultural heritage, following reports that rebels have over-run and looted centers containing thousands of ancient books and documents that bear testimony...
Patriotic Movement in Mali Optimistic of End to Crisis
The chair of Mali’s Patriotic Movement, Dr Mamadou Bakayoko, involved in roundtable talks in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, to help resolve the situation, told APA Saturday that concerned parties sitting in negotiations are about to find a way...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Calls for Major Effort to Halt Human Rights Abuses in Mali
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Thursday she was alarmed by continuing reports of serious human rights violations against the population of Mali, especially in rebel-held northern areas, and called for urgent national and international...
Dioncouda Traore Sworn-in As Acting Head of State in Mali
Mathematics PhD holder Dioncouda Traore, who was elected in 2007 as Mali’s National Assembly Speaker, was on Thursday sworn-in into office as acting head of State, during an official ceremony organized by the Supreme Court at the International Conference...
Members of the Association of the Patriotic Organizations in Mali Say ECOWAS Agreement Rules Out Handover of Power to Civilians
The agreement-framework reached between Mali’s ruling junta and the ECOWAS bloc rules out any possibility of handing over power back to the civilians as opposed to assumptions made by supporters of the deposed regime, said members of the Association...
Foreign Affairs Ministers of Algeria, Mauritania And Niger Began Talks Sunday on Resolving the Security Situation in Beleaguered Mali
The Foreign Affairs ministers of Algeria, Mauritania and Niger Sunday began talks Sunday in Nouakchott on resolving the security situation in beleaguered Mali. How People Arrived Here: minister foreign affairs mali
Agreement Reached Over Political Transition in Mali
Mali’s ruling junta and Burkinabe Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole, envoy of ECOWAS mediator President Blaise Compaore ,reached on Friday a framework-agreement which paves the way for the designation of an interim head of State and a Prime Minister...
Concerned Growing Over the Threat to Manuscripts in the Historical City of Timbuktu
Several personalities and intellectuals from fifteen African countries have signed, Friday in Bamako, a statement expressing grave concern over the raging conflict between Mali’s army and rebel insurgents that poses a real threat to manuscripts treasured...
